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| 4 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="unattended-guest-install-example">
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| 5 | <title>Creating a New Virtual Machine Using VBoxManage</title>
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>You can create a VM on the command line using VBoxManage. See also <xref href="../cli_topics/vboxmanage-createvm.dita"/>.</p>
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| 8 | <p>The following example uses various <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> commands to specify the VM and configure an unattended guest installation for an Oracle Linux VM on a Linux host.</p>
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| 9 | <p>It then shows the use of the <userinput>VBoxManage unattended install</userinput> command to install and configure the guest OS.</p>
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| 10 | <ol>
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| 11 | <li>
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| 12 | <p>Set a variable for the name of the OS.<pre xml:space="preserve"># VM="ol8-autoinstall"
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| 13 | </pre></p>
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| 14 | </li>
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| 15 | <li>
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| 16 | <p>List the available guest OS types and note the exact name of the one you need. This is required in <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> commands.<pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage list ostypes</pre></p>
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| 17 | </li>
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| 18 | <li>
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| 19 | <p>Create the virtual machine.<pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage createvm --name $VM --ostype "Oracle_64" --register</pre></p>
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| 20 | <p>The VM has a unique UUID.</p>
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| 21 | <p>An XML settings file is generated.</p>
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| 22 | </li>
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| 23 | <li>
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| 24 | <p>Create a 32768 MB virtual hard disk for the VM.<pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage createhd --filename /VirtualBox/$VM/$VM.vdi --size 32768</pre></p>
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| 25 | </li>
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| 26 | <li>
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| 27 | <p>Create storage devices for the VM.</p>
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| 28 | <ul>
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| 29 | <li>
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| 30 | <p>Create a SATA storage controller and attach the virtual hard disk. <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage storagectl $VM --name "SATA Controller" --add sata --controller IntelAHCI
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| 31 | # VBoxManage storageattach $VM --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --device 0 \
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| 32 | --type hdd --medium /VirtualBox/$VM/$VM.vdi</pre></p>
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| 33 | </li>
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| 34 | <li>
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| 35 | <p>Create an IDE storage controller for a virtual DVD drive and attach an Oracle Linux installation ISO. <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage storagectl $VM --name "IDE Controller" --add ide
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| 36 | # VBoxManage storageattach $VM --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 0 --device 0 \
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| 37 | --type dvddrive --medium /u01/Software/OL/OracleLinux-R7-U6-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso</pre></p>
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| 38 | </li>
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| 39 | </ul>
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| 40 | </li>
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| 41 | <li>
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| 42 | <p>(Optional) Configure some settings for the VM. </p>
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| 43 | <ul>
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| 44 | <li>
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| 45 | <p>Enable I/O APIC for the motherboard of the VM. <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --ioapic on</pre></p>
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| 46 | </li>
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| 47 | <li>
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| 48 | <p>Configure the boot device order for the VM. <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --boot1 dvd --boot2 disk --boot3 none --boot4 none</pre></p>
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| 49 | </li>
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| 50 | <li>
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| 51 | <p>Allocate 8192 MB of RAM and 128 MB of video RAM to the VM. <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --memory 8192 --vram 128</pre></p>
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| 52 | </li>
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| 53 | </ul>
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| 54 | </li>
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| 55 | <li>
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| 56 | <p>Specify the Unattended Installation parameters, and then install the OS.</p>
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| 57 | <ul>
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| 58 | <li>
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| 59 | <p>Specify an Oracle Linux ISO as the installation ISO.<pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage unattended install $VM \
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| 60 | --iso=/u01/Software/OL/OracleLinux-R7-U6-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso \</pre></p>
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| 61 | </li>
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| 62 | <li>
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| 63 | <p>Specifiy a user name, full name, and password for a default user on the guest OS.<pre xml:space="preserve">--user=<varname>login</varname> --full-user-name=<varname>name</varname> --user-password <varname>password</varname> \</pre></p>
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| 64 | <p>Note that the specified password is also used for the root user account on the guest.</p>
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| 65 | </li>
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| 66 | <li>
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| 67 | <p>Specify that you want to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions on the VM.<pre xml:space="preserve">--install-additions \</pre></p>
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| 68 | </li>
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| 69 | <li>
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| 70 | <p>Sets the time zone for the guest OS to Central European Time (CET). <pre xml:space="preserve">--time-zone=CET</pre></p>
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| 71 | </li>
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| 72 | </ul>
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| 73 | </li>
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| 74 | <li>
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| 75 | <p>Start the virtual machine.</p>
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| 76 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage startvm $VM --type headless</pre>
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| 77 | <p>The VM starts in headless mode, which means that it does not have a GUI.</p>
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| 78 | </li>
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| 79 | </ol>
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| 80 | </body>
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| 81 | </topic>
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