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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="create-vm-wizard-unattended-install">
4 <title>(Optional) Create Virtual Machine Wizard: Unattended Guest OS Install</title>
5
6 <body>
7 <p>
8 Unattended guest OS installation enables you to install the OS
9 on a virtual machine automatically.
10 </p>
11 <note>
12 <p>
13 This page is optional. It is not displayed if you have
14 selected the <b outputclass="bold">Skip Unattended
15 Installation</b> option on the initial wizard page.
16 </p>
17 </note>
18 <p>
19 Use this page to set up the required parameters for unattended
20 guest OS installation and to configure automatic installation of
21 the Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions. See also
22 <xref href="create-vm-wizard-unattended-examples.dita#create-vm-wizard-unattended-examples"/> for some
23 typical scenarios when using automated installation.
24 </p>
25 <fig id="fig-create-vm-unattended-install">
26 <title>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</title>
27 <xref href="images/create-vm-2.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
28 <image href="images/create-vm-2.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
29 <alt>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</alt>
30 </image>
31 </xref>
32 <image platform="ohc" href="images/create-vm-2.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
33 <alt>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</alt>
34 </image>
35 </fig>
36 <p>
37 The following fields are available on this wizard page:
38 </p>
39 <ul>
40 <li>
41 <p><b outputclass="bold">Username and Password.</b>
42 Enter the credentials for a default user on the guest OS.
43 </p>
44 </li>
45 <li>
46 <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest Additions.</b> Enables
47 automatic installation of the Guest Additions, following
48 installation of the guest OS. Use the drop-down list to
49 select the location of the ISO image file for the Guest
50 Additions.
51 </p>
52 </li>
53 <li>
54 <p><b outputclass="bold">Additional Options.</b> The
55 following options enable you to perform extra configuration
56 of the guest OS:
57 </p>
58 <ul>
59 <li>
60 <p><b outputclass="bold">Product Key.</b> For
61 Windows guests only. Enter the product key required for
62 Windows installation.
63 </p>
64 </li>
65 <li>
66 <p><b outputclass="bold">Hostname.</b> Host name for
67 the guest. By default, this is the same as the VM name.
68 </p>
69 </li>
70 <li>
71 <p><b outputclass="bold">Domain Name.</b> Domain
72 name for the guest.
73 </p>
74 </li>
75 <li>
76 <p><b outputclass="bold">Install in Background.</b>
77 Enable headless mode for the VM, where a graphical user
78 interface is not shown.
79 </p>
80 </li>
81 </ul>
82 </li>
83 </ul>
84 <p>
85 Click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to go to the next
86 wizard page.
87 </p>
88 </body>
89
90</topic>
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