{"id":104,"date":"2022-12-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/?p=104"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:04:07","slug":"virtualbox-installation-on-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox Installation on macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VirtualBox Installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running virtualization on your laptop\/desktop or home lab provides an easy way to learn and test various operating systems, including AWS EC2 instances. Also, it can serve a development environment for testing code and configurations. While there are various virtualization solutions such as VMware, VirtualBox offers a free solution that is well supported in the open source community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main website: https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org<\/a> Downloads for various OSes: https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Downloads<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

macOS Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Download\u00a0VirtualBox-7.0.4-154605-OSX.dmg<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. To run the installer, double-click\u00a0VirtualBox-7.0.4-154605-OSX.dmg<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Double-click\u00a0VirtualBox.pkg<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Click\u00a0Continue<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Select the location and click\u00a0Install<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Click\u00a0Close<\/em>\u00a0when done<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Installing Debian Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. Debian downloads can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/www.debian.org\/download<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Download the version for your CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Open\u00a0VitrualBox<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Click\u00a0New<\/em>

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      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Enter\u00a0Name<\/em>\u00a0for the virtual name<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Select\u00a0Location<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Select other for ISO and locate the Debian ISO you downloaded<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

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      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Enter\u00a0Usename<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Password<\/em>\u00a0for the installation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Enter\u00a0Hostname<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Select\u00a0Guest Additions<\/em>\u00a0for the additional tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

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      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Select the Memory and CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

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      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Select\u00a0Create Virtual Disk Now<\/em>\u00a0and select the disk size<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

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      <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Verify settings and click\u00a0Finish<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. Wait until the installation finishes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Debian Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Add user to sudoers<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Note: Install VIM as VI doesn\u2019t work well with VirtualBox<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      sudo apt install vim\nEDITOR=vim visudo\nusermod -aG sudo username\nvisudo\nusername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      Install OpenSSH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      sudo apt install openssh-server\nsudo systemctl start ssh\nsudo systemctl status ssh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      Installing Ubuntu Linux<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      1. Ubuntu downloads can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/#download<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Download the version for your CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Open VirtualBox\u00a0

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        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Click New\u00a0

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        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Enter\u00a0Name<\/em>\u00a0for the virtual name<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. Select\u00a0Location<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. Select other for ISO and locate the Ubuntu ISO you downloaded<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. Select\u00a0Skip Unattended Installation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

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        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      10. Select the Memory and CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      11. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

        \"\"
        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      12. Select Create Virtual Disk Now and select the disk size<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      13. Click\u00a0Next<\/em>

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        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      14. Verify settings and click\u00a0Finish<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      15. Wait until the installation finishes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        Amazon Linux 2<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        Useful Linux image to run locally is Amazon Linux 2 which is the default Linux when you provision an AWS EC2 instance. Great and free way to test your image before you deploy live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        Setup<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        Instructions can be found at https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/AWSEC2\/latest\/UserGuide\/amazon-linux-2-virtual-machine.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
        Note: Select the instructions for Oracle VirtualBox<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        Recommended network configuration<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        Since most of this is used for development and testing, I recommend using the DHCP option. Configuration is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        local-hostname: amazonlinux\n# eth0 is the default network interface enabled in the image. You can configure static network settings with an entry like the following.\nnetwork-interfaces: |\n  auto eth0\n  iface eth0 inet dhcp<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
        VirtualBox Tips<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        Do not allow VirtualBox to limit screen size as it may be difficult to read. To change the display settings, select Preferences -> Display -> Maximum Guest Screen Size should be set to None<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        VirtualBox Networking Chart<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        Chart below compares different network adapter options for VirtualBox. Important information depending on your connectivity requirements. In general, the bridged option works the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        Network<\/th>VM <-> Host<\/th>VM1 <-> VM2<\/th>VM -> Internet<\/th>VM <- Internet<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
        Host-Only<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr>
        Internal<\/td>–<\/td>+<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr>
        Bridged<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr>
        NAT<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>+<\/td>Port Forwarding<\/td><\/tr>
        NAT<\/td>–<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>Port Forwarding<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        VirtualBox Installation Running virtualization on your laptop\/desktop or home lab provides an easy way to learn and test various operating systems, including AWS EC2 instances. Also, it can serve a development environment for testing code and configurations. While there are various virtualization solutions such as VMware, VirtualBox offers a free solution that is well supported […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesmonek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}