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How to activate the VirtualBox web-based API - VBoxWebSrv

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:30:05 +0000

VBoxWebSrv is the VirtualBox Web Service that allows you to manage your VirtualBox virtual machines remotely through a web-based API. It is commonly used with tools like phpVirtualBox to provide a full web interface for VM control.

By running VBoxWebSrv as a Windows service, you ensure it starts automatically with your system and runs continuously in the background.

Installing VBoxWebSrv as a Windows Service with NSSM

Download NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager) from https://nssm.cc/download and extract it.

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on AlmaLinux 8.10

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 20:16:41 +0000

$ sudo dnf update
$ sudo reboot
(So any new installed kernel will be loaded)

$ sudo dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers make bzip2 perl

Go to the VirtualBox Menu > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image

Automated:
Press Run

Manual:
$ cd /run/media/$USER/VBox_GAs_*/ # Adjust path if needed
$ sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

$ sudo reboot

Verification:
$ lsmod | grep vbox
(Check to see if vboxguest is listed)

Installing Oracle VirtualBox on Ubuntu Linux

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:20:53 +0000

Try the following steps:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo apt install curl
$ curl -fsSL https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg –dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox-archive-keyring.gpg
$ echo “deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox-archive-keyring.gpg] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian noble contrib” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo search virtualbox

virtualbox/noble-updates 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 amd64 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries

virtualbox-7.0/unknown 7.0.24-167081~Ubuntu~noble amd64 Oracle VM VirtualBox

virtualbox-7.1/unknown 7.1.6-167084~Ubuntu~noble amd64 Oracle VirtualBox

$ sudo install virtualbox-7.1

Download the Extension Pack frm the website: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions on Rocky Linux 9.3

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:08:26 +0000

Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions on Rocky Linux 9.3

dnf install epel-release
dnf update --refresh
dnf update kernel-*
reboot (optional)

dnf install dkms kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc make bzip2 perl elfutils-libelf-devel

rpm -q kernel-devel
uname -r

Top menu: Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD-Image
Run

(optional)
cd /run/media/
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Sharing files with MS-DOS 6.22 in VirtualBox and macOS

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:29:24 +0000

How to create an ISO file of a directory on macOS that can be mounted as a CDROM in MS-DOS 6.22 ?

Start Disk Utility on macOS

Go to: File -> New Image -> Image from Folder
Choose the directory and press Choose
Set Image Format to: DVD/CD master and press Save
A *.cdr file will be created
Go to the command line
Cd to the directory with the *.cdr file
Type the command: $ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o tcc.iso TCC.cdr
Go to your virtual machine running MS-DOS 6.22 and mount the newly created *.iso file
In the MS-DOS 6.22 virtual machine you can now access the contents on drive D:

Any questions?

Installing Virtual Machines on macOS Monterey OpenCore Legacy Patcher

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 21:20:43 +0000

Try Oracle VirtualBox version 6.1.40 the older version. In my home lab the newest version of VirtualBox 7.0.4 did not work due to the error: hv_vm_create() failed: 0xfae94001 (VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED)

In the older version this was not an issue.

Python dependencies when installing Oracle VirtualBox on Windows 11

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:24:55 +0000

Step 1: install Python

Step 2: add both the scripts folder and its parent folder to the path

Step 3: CMD> pip install pywin32

New life in an old Apple computer (iMac, MacBook)

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:09:02 +0000

Install the VirtualBox application and run a virtual machine inside it with the latest version of Linux or Windows. In many cases this can solve problems with browsing the internet — for example, making it possible to visit websites that no longer work in the old Apple environment.