Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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Fedora Virtualbox VM machine when clicked, details UI not visible
I am in Fedora and I have installed virtualbox latest, earlier it was showing the UI of a VM when I click on it but later on , I initiated File manager and now I can only see below components on the ...
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how to make my vm reachable from hosts within same network
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I want to do a reverse shell POC, so I am using Kali Linux on virtual box hosted on a Windows machine. On the same network my Windows machine hosted, there is a Linux machine that I want to ...
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How secure is VirtualBox's VM encryption?
I'm using VirtualBox 7 on Windows 11.
How secure is their disk image encryption?
Where is the encryption key stored?
If a third party gets access to the computer when the VM is turned off, what are ...
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How can I tell if a virtual machine was shut down or saved gracefully?
How can I tell from the command line if a specific virtual machine was shut down or saved gracefully?
A little bit of context: I need to make a backup of a VM but I want the backup to launch only if ...
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How to run remote seamless apps on MacOS using remote VM running on W11 Pro x64 - can this be done using VirtualBox/QEMU using local network RDP?
I'm currently using Parallels to access remote apps on a MacBook Air M2 and want to shift into running VMs on a Windows 11 Pro machine that pack a lot more punch. Can anyone recommend the best ...
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Virtualbox NAT configuration for HTTP port forwarding
Hi I'm successfully installed Ubuntu server on virtualbox in macOS. Now, I want to access the ubuntu localhost either 0.0.0.0:8000 or 127.0.0.1:8080 in my host operating system.
I configured NAT port ...
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Trying to understanding VirtualBox linked clones
I have a fresh Windows 10 installation in a virtual machine. I want to keep it that way except for Windows updates.
I now want to have a running Windows 10 with additional software. My thought is to ...
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The state of the guest machines mismatched in virtualbox
Running guest machines show as powered off in Virtualbox
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I have many VMs in virtualbox, some VMs were created by Vagrant, others created manually via GUI. But whenever I start VMs using ...
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virtualbox NAT configuration does not work as expected
I set up 2 VMs in virtual box on a centos machines but it looks like NAT configuration does not work as expected. As a foreword I would like to remind what's in the virtualbox manual regarding NAT ...
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VirtualBox NAT Port Forward Localhost or Host-only access Guest
I'd like to port forward my host's localhost at port 4431 to 443 so I can access websites on my Windows 10 guest.
However, it seems the NAT Network Adapter only supports explicit definition of the ...
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virtualbox cloud-init smbios equivalent
Over at the cloud-init core tutorials there is a sample command which instructs cloud-init to fetch the cloud-init related data from http. The command is pasted below for convenience:
qemu-system-...
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Mouse integration logitech wireless on virtualbox for select, cut and paste
I've installed virtualbox and an appliance from bitnami "common-postgresql-16-16.2.0-r1-debia-11-amd64" image installed. I'm using a logitech wireless keyboard and mouse on my Intel I7 ASUS ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu webserver 404 error on one host but works fine on other hosts
I have prepared a VM webserver with Ubuntu server to allow a client to view his 2 retired websites on his PC.
The host is Windows, the VM is configured with port forwarding, and this all worked ...
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Network configuration of a virtual cluster with nested virtualization
I am trying to configure a virtual cluster with VirtualBox instances, which in turn, run another virtual machine (this one created with QEMU).
The following figure depicts the current set up where my ...
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Garbage on screen
I have installed Ubuntu 23.10 VirtualBox virtual machine on Windows10 hosted computer. Sometimes screen starting is getting some garbage. Why and how to fix that?
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