Discover how to configure and use VirtualBox—a free software virtualization package from Oracle—to create virtual machines on your computer.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Learning VirtualBox
- What is VirtualBox?
- What you should know
- Installing and exploring VirtualBox
- Exploring VirtualBox Manager and Preferences
- Guest Additions and extension packs
- Allocating resources for guests
- CHALLENGE: Resource planning
- SOLUTION: Resource planning
- Installing Guest Operating Systems
- Installing Windows with Unattended Install
- Installing Debian Linux
- Installing Guest Additions Manually
- CHALLENGE: Create guests
- SOLUTION: Create guests
- Managing guests
- Explore the Virtual Machine window
- Explore virtual machine settings
- Modifying disks and memory
- CHALLENGE: Modify a guest
- SOLUTION: Modify a guest
- VirtualBox Network Modes
- Configuring guest networking
- Network port forwarding
- CHALLENGE: Connect two guests to the same network
- SOLUTION: Connect two guests to the same network
- Connecting a USB device to a guest
- Importing and exporting appliances
- Working with snapshots and clones
- Exchanging data with the guest
- Using the VirtualBox command-line tools
- CHALLENGE: Work with a guest
- SOLUTION: Work with a guest
- Troubleshooting common problems
- Conclusion
Taught by
Scott Simpson
