Just go to: File Settings in VirtualBox where you’ll see a Default Machine Folder field on the General tab. If you don’t like where the virtual machine information is, click Other in the drop-down menu to change it. How to Download and Install CentOS 7 on VirtualBox in Windows 10. Finally, the long-awaited CentOS 7 is released! Just go to: File Settings in VirtualBox where you’ll see a Default Machine Folder field on the General tab. If you don’t like where the virtual machine information is, click Other in the drop-down menu to change it. How to Download and Install CentOS 7 on VirtualBox in Windows 10. Finally, the long-awaited CentOS 7 is released! This tutorial shows an example for CentOS7 – VirtualBox. Latest VirtualBox installed; Preparation. 1st you need to install Packer. The following example shows one way that works well with Mac OS X (El Capitan). # change into Downloads $ cd /Downloads/ # download packer archive (Mac OS X) $ curl -O https://releases.hashicorp.
Recently I wanted to create a Centos 7 Virtual machine on my Macbook Air (OS El Capitain – 10.11.3), as usual I downloaded an Iso from the net (The minimal Centos 7 Iso Installation).
And as I will want to access my Virtual machine from other computers I wanted to bridge the network.
But I don’t know why I can’t retrieve an IP address from my DHCP Server, so I defined a static IP Address and the network worked fine.
Define the Bridge Adapter in Virtual Box
First in the configuration of the virtual machine on VirtualBox, I attached a network card bridged on the Wi-Fi (en0: Wi-Fi (Airport)).
Define Static Ip Address in Centos 7
First you need to find the name of the interface bridged, so in the virtual machine simply execute the command :
You should obtain something like this :
The name enp0s3 is what we are looking for.
So now you can edit the file : /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp0s3
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp0s3
- static mean that you want to set the Ip address manually
- This is the IP Address you want for your virtual machine, in my case it is : 192.168.1.211
- The netmask depends on your network setting, usually you can set the same of your host computer
- Be sure to have the ONBOOT option set to yes for starting the network on virtual machine boot.
And finally you need to active the network by editing the file :
/etc/sysconfig/network
- The IP address of the gateway depends on your network configuration.
And now you can restart the network :
Or reboot your virtual machine.
And Test ping pinging some ip (192.168.1.1 / 8.8.8.8)/ domain names : (www.google.com).
And now you can access to your virtual machine.
I don’t know why i can’t obtain an IP address from my DHCP using bridged networking on Wi-Fi, but the Static IP is a satisfying workaround for me.
VirtualBox (VB) development is progressing rapidly and the information on this page may be outdated. The Linux Downloads page now has yum repo configs. Unfortunately the RPM packages do not handle major version upgrades gracefully. The built-in update notifications when running VB are also deficient and will only notify of minor updates (i.e. 5.1.6->5.1.8), if that, and not more major version upgrades (i.e. 4->5). For now, older versions should be uninstalled before installing a new major version or the package upgrade will encounter RPM conflicts. The VB user manual should be read carefully; however, at this writing it does not do a good job of addressing RPM installations. See the VB site for the latest details. The good news is that the new versions have significant improvements and new features, and backwards compatibility with existing VMs has been excellent. |
VirtualBox-6.1 (VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.20_143896) is currently available and supported. To get full 6.1 functionality you may also need the VirtualBox Extension Pack which provides support for USB 2.0/3.0 devices, and RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards. |
See CentOS as a Guest OS in VirtualBox for information about using CentOS as a VB guest.
See also this Red Hat Developer article on VirtualBox.
Please note that VirtualBox is a product of Oracle Corporation. It is neither provided nor supported by the CentOS Project, although questions may be answered at the Fora or on the virtualization mailing lists.
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1. What is VirtualBox?
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VirtualBox is a set of x86 virtualization products for various OS platforms. It is a machine/hardware virtualization product or hypervisor, similar in function to VMware Server, Parallels Workstation, QEMU, KVM and Xen. It can support a variety of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (Server 2003-2012, Vista, 7, 8 and 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6 and 3.x), Solaris/!OpenSolaris and OpenBSD. Its proponents claim it to be 'the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)'.
VirtualBox is available on a variety of platforms in 'native' packages. This includes i386 and AMD64 (x86_64) RPM packages for RHEL5/RHEL6/RHEL7 that should work on CentOS-5/6/7 (or Scientific Linux and other RHEL derivatives), as well as .deb packages for Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, Mac OS-X, Windows, Solaris & OpenSolaris and as source.
2. Why use VirtualBox?
While not as efficient as operating system-level virtualization based on a modified Linux kernel like Xen, KVM, OpenVZ, or Vserver it is easy to install and use. Benefits include:
- Available in RPM packages
Active community support
- Runs a variety of guest OS's
- Good access to hardware including sound, USB, and serial ports
- Available on a number of host OS's
- Allows running Redmond OSs and applications without messing up your computer or dual-booting
3. Installing VirtualBox
The (VirtualBox) website has a lot of quality documentation including:
- End-user documentation
- Technical documentation
- Source code repository timeline
- List of changes (changelog)
This article will briefly cover the installation process. Both i386 and AMD64 (x86_64) versions are available.
You will need to be the root user for the following tasks. Login to a root shell or 'su -' in a terminal window.
Download the RHEL repo config.
- Note: As an alternative, you may choose to download and install individual RPMS rather than configuring the repository. That procedure is documented on the VB web site and will not be covered here.
- Optionally add a line 'enabled=0' if you do not want the repository to be enabled by default. This will require adding '--enablerepo virtualbox' to yum commands to access the repository.
The installation of VB will require the building of kernel modules. If DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) is installed it will be used and will simplify kernel upgrades. Installing DKMS from the EPEL repository is recommended before installing VirtualBox. Don't forget to configure the yum-priorities plugin. Installing DKMS will pull in required development dependencies.
A forum user notes that all but the latest version of DKMS from Dell may be buggy. |
If DKMS is not used and the development environment and kernel source are not already installed:
You may also choose to only install a minimum set of individual development tool packages (at least gcc and make are required) rather than the groupinstall which some may consider overkill. Replace 'kernel-devel' with 'kernel-PAE-devel' if using a PAE kernel. If you are not using a standard CentOS kernel, you must acquire and install the source for your kernel from wherever you got the kernel. Do not try to use VirtualBox with a Xen kernel, nor to install a Xen kernel in a Guest OS.
- Note: For CentOS as a Guest OS the same packages are used to build the 'Guest Additions' drivers.
Install the RPM:
The installer will create the 'vboxusers' group and create the necessary kernel modules if the development environment has been correctly configured.
For each 'username' that will run VirtualBox:
or use the GUI Users and Groups tool.
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4. Running VirtualBox
Run VB as a user that is a member of the 'vboxusers' group. For VirtualBox-4.0 or 4.1 you may install the optional VirtualBox Extension Pack from a running instance of the GUI interface via the File / Preferences / Extensions menu. The root password will be required for this operation.
From a terminal command line enter 'VirtualBox &'
In GNOME or KDE run under 'Applications / System Tools / Oracle VM VirtualBox'
Accept the license, optionally register, and create a new VM. VMware virtual machines should be usable with Virtual box. Google 'vmware to virtualbox' for information.
Help is available from the menu or online.
5. Making USB Work in VirtualBox
VirtualBox requires the user have write access to 'usbfs' devices for USB access. As root perform the following:
- If running CentOS as a guest OS in a VM the same development and DKMS packages should be installed in the VM prior to installing VBox Guest Additions.
VB users may also be interested in the phpVirtualBox implementation of the VirtualBox user interface written in PHP.
Please do not email the CentOS mailing lists (except CentOS-virt) or visit the CentOS IRC channel with VirtualBox related questions. Use the VirtualBox community support resources or the CentOS Fora instead.
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