Create a Virtual Machine

Create a Virtual Machine.

# create a directory for VM [root@dlp ~]#  mkdir /var/vbox # create a VM [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage createvm \ --name CentOS_7 \ --ostype RedHat_64 \ --register \ --basefolder /var/vbox  Virtual machine 'CentOS_7' is created and registered. UUID: bdceab21-504f-47c2-9107-17ec778dbcf3 Settings file: '/var/vbox/CentOS_7/CentOS_7.vbox' # modify VM [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage modifyvm CentOS_7 \ --cpus 4 \ --memory 4096 \ --nic1 bridged \ --bridgeadapter1 eth0 \ --boot1 dvd \ --vrde on \ --vrdeport 5001 # configure storage for VM [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage storagectl CentOS_7 --name "CentOS_7_SATA" --add sata  [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage createhd \ --filename /var/vbox/CentOS_7/CentOS_7.vdi \ --size 20480 \ --format VDI \ --variant Standard  0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Medium created. UUID: dc515d33-fa38-4c70-92c7-6f2f17a39487 [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage storageattach CentOS_7 \ --storagectl CentOS_7_SATA \ --port 1 \ --type hdd \ --medium /var/vbox/CentOS_7/CentOS_7.vdi # configure DVD drive for VM (the example specifies an ISO file) [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage storageattach CentOS_7 \ --storagectl CentOS_7_SATA \ --port 0 \ --type dvddrive \ --medium /tmp/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso # confirm settings for VM [root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage showvminfo CentOS_7  Name: CentOS_7 Groups: / Guest OS: Red Hat (64-bit) UUID: bdceab21-504f-47c2-9107-17ec778dbcf3 Config file: /var/vbox/CentOS_7/CentOS_7.vbox Snapshot folder: /var/vbox/CentOS_7/Snapshots Log folder: /var/vbox/CentOS_7/Logs Hardware UUID: bdceab21-504f-47c2-9107-17ec778dbcf3 Memory size: 4096MB Page Fusion: off VRAM size: 8MB CPU exec cap: 100% HPET: off Chipset: piix3 Firmware: BIOS Number of CPUs: 4 PAE: on Long Mode: on CPUID Portability Level: 0 ..... .....

[2]	Start Virtual Machine.

[root@dlp ~]#  VBoxManage startvm CentOS_7 --type headless  Waiting for VM "CentOS_7" to power on... VM "CentOS_7" has been successfully started.

[3]	On enabling VRDP, it's possible to connect with RDP. The example below is from Windows 10.

[4]	Connect to (VirtualBox Server's Hostname or IP address):(vrdeport set for the VM).

[5]	Just connected.

[6]	Installation has finished and Virtual Machine is running.