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Phpvirtualbox is web-based AJAX administration interface that allow more easily to manage and control VirtualBox virtual machines from any web browser. Some features present on Phpvirtualbox are: (Start / Stop VMs, Snapshots: Take Snapshot, Delete Snapshot Restore Snapshot. Import / Export Virtual Machines ). This guide explains how to successfully install Phpvirtualbox and run your VirtualBox instances.

Requirements

Ubuntu server 10.04 LTS 32bit
A physical server with at least 2gb ram installed, if you have more please
install the PAE kernel with:

#apt-get install linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae

1) Apache installation and configuration

#apt-get install  apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 build-essential htop unzip

#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

2) Virtual box installation and setup

add the virtualbox repository to /etc/apt/sources.list

#echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
#wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo ajapt-key add -
#apt-get update
#apt-get install --no-install-recommends virtualbox-4.0

Download the virtual box extension pack

#wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack

Install the box extension pack

#VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.8-71778.vbox-extpack

Create the user that will run Virtualbox.

#adduser vbox

Add the vbox user to the vboxusers group in the /etc/group file.

vboxusers:x:113:vbox

3) Php interface

#cd /tmp/
#wget http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4.0-6.zip
#unzip phpvirtualbox-4.0-5.zip
#cp -a phpvirtualbox-4.0-6 /var/www/phpvirtualbox
#cd /var/www/phpvirtualbox/
#mv config.php-example config.php
#vim config.php

In the password field please use the vbox user passowrd.

/* Username / Password for system user that runs VirtualBox */
var $username = ‘vbox’;
var $password = ‘vboxpassword’;

4) Automatic start virtualbox at boot time

#cd /etc/init.d

create a file named /etc/init.d/vbox.start and copy the folowinf string

/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -b

This mean that virtualbox webserver will start at boot time in background mode.

Enable virtualbox to start at boot time:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/vbox.start
update-rc.d vbox.start defaults

Reboot the server and poing the browser to http://serveripaddress/phpvirtualbox/

Log into the phpvirtualbox using admin/admin as credentials, after the first login
plese change the admin password using: File > Change password, on the top left.

Enjoy !!!

If you want to save time you can download the Turnkey preconfigured VirtualBox appliance from http://9while9.com

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