[OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

[Michael Stapleton]

Hi, 

I have been working on a little project that might suit your needs.
It is in the final testing phase, and not public until now I guess, but
should work well for what you are doing.
It uses OI, OmniOS of Solaris11 as a storge / VM management server and
allows you to run VMs anywhere you like.
VMs can be run on the server, or other computers running any OS, even
supports PXE.

easy to install

#pkg set-publisher -g http://repository.techsologic.com techsologic.com
#pkg install infinity/server

check out www.techsologic.com if you are interested.



Thanks,

Mike

On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 10:44 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:

> On Monday, June 24, 2013 10:24 AM, Jan Owoc wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running a home NAS using OI 151a7 "server" (vs. "desktop"). I was
> > thinking of running Ubuntu Server in a virtual machine on OI, ideally
> > configured to startup/shutdown when OI starts/shuts down. I can
> > connect a monitor to the machine, but it generally should run
> > headless.
> >
> > I found there is a very helpful entry on the wiki [1] describing most
> > of the steps. Has anyone successfully installed VirtualBox on a
> > headless OI and have any other tips before I dive in?
> 
> I have. Even running two Windows guests on a headless box. They are 
> accessible by rdp which is provided by vbox.
> 
> To do that I had to monkey with SMF. If you just have one Ubuntu guest, 
> you should be fine with whatever VirtualBox provides. Too bad you won't 
> be able to use the crossbow driver.
> 
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