VirtualBox
Install virtualbox on CentOS 5.x
https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Virtualization/VirtualBox#head-81de410879b8e7f18a127f638160e036ab99684e
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo
Error: pygpgme is not working
# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
virtualbox | 951 B 00:00
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el/5/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] pygpgme is not working so repomd.xml can not be verified for virtualbox
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: virtualbox. Please verify its path and try again
https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3798
the fix was to remove the “repo_” from those line.
Remove this line, fix problem.
repo_gpgcheck=1
# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
# yum install kernel-devel
# yum search VirtualBox
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
================================================================= Matched: VirtualBox =================================================================
VirtualBox-3.2.x86_64 : Oracle VM VirtualBox
VirtualBox-4.0.x86_64 : Oracle VM VirtualBox
VirtualBox-4.1.x86_64 : Oracle VM VirtualBox
VirtualBox-4.2.x86_64 : Oracle VM VirtualBox
VirtualBox-4.3.x86_64 : Oracle VM VirtualBox
VirtualBox-5.0.x86_64 : Oracle VM VirtualBox
virt-what.x86_64 : Detect if we are running in a virtual machine
# yum install VirtualBox-5.0
Import ova in command line
Show options for a particular OVF.
# VBoxManage import /tmp/centos.ova -n
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /tmp/centos.ova...
OK.
Disks:
vmdisk2 107374182400 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized -disk1.vmdk -1 -1
Virtual system 0:
0: Suggested OS type: "Fedora_64"
(change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values)
1: Suggested VM name "centos7_160301_1"
(change with "--vsys 0 --vmname <name>")
2: Number of CPUs: 2
(change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
3: Guest memory: 2048 MB
(change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>")
4: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import)
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 4 --ignore")
5: USB controller
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 5 --ignore")
6: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 3, extra slot=0;type=NAT
7: CD-ROM
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore")
8: IDE controller, type PIIX4
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore")
9: IDE controller, type PIIX4
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore")
10: SATA controller, type AHCI
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 10 --ignore")
11: Hard disk image: source image=-disk1.vmdk, target path=/root/VirtualBox VMs/centos7_160301_1/-disk1.vmdk, controller=10;channel=0
(change target path with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --disk path";
disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --ignore")
Start to import
# VBoxManage import /tmp/centos.ova --options keepallmacs
List all virtual machines.
# VBoxManage list vms
"centos7_160301_1" {29434b0f-743c-4e9f-b69e-af091a1e913c}
Start a virtual machine.
# VBoxManage startvm centos7_160301_1 --type headless
When --type headless option is missing, you will get this error message:
Waiting for VM "centos7_160301_1" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'centos7_160301_1' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine