I wanted a sandbox VM, but for it to replicate the production servers it needed to be based on Linux 5.5. As I was running this on my local machine in VirtualBox I also wanted Guest Additions installed.
VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide
is a good book to start with if you're new to VirtualBox and want to know how to create virtual machines on your desktop.So here's how to get Guest Additions installed:
- Download and Install Oracle Linux
- Download and copy the appropriate yum configuration file in place, by running the following command as root:
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
Guest Additions requires the following in order to install successfully:
kmod-ovmapi-uek libovmapi libovmapi-devel ovmd python-simplejson xenstoreprovider ovm-template-config ovm-template-config-authentication ovm-template-config-datetime ovm-template-config-firewall ovm-template-config-network ovm-template-config-selinux ovm-template-config-ssh ovm-template-config-system ovm-template-config-user
These can be downloaded by running the following command once the yum configuration is in place:
# yum install libovmapi xenstoreprovider ovmd python-simplejson xenstoreprovider
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