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| 4 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="unattended-guest-install-example">
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| 5 | <title>Using VBoxManage Commands for Unattended Guest Installation</title>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <body>
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| 8 | <p>
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| 9 | The following example shows how to perform an unattended guest
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| 10 | installation for an Oracle Linux VM. The example uses various
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| 11 | <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> commands to prepare the guest VM.
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| 12 | The <userinput>VBoxManage unattended install</userinput> command is
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| 13 | then used to install and configure the guest OS.
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| 14 | </p>
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| 15 | <ol>
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| 16 | <li>
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| 17 | <p>
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| 18 | Create the virtual machine.
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| 19 | </p>
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| 20 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># VM="ol7-autoinstall"
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| 21 | # VBoxManage list ostypes
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| 22 | # VBoxManage createvm --name $VM --ostype "Oracle_64" --register</pre>
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| 23 | <p>
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| 24 | Note the following:
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| 25 | </p>
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| 26 | <ul>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p>
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| 29 | The $VM variable represents the name of the VM.
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| 30 | </p>
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| 31 | </li>
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| 32 | <li>
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| 33 | <p>
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| 34 | The <userinput>VBoxManage list ostypes</userinput> command
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| 35 | lists the guest OSes supported by Oracle VM VirtualBox,
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| 36 | including the name used for each OS in the
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| 37 | <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> commands.
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| 38 | </p>
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| 39 | </li>
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| 40 | <li>
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| 41 | <p>
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| 42 | A 64-bit Oracle Linux 7 VM is created and registered
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| 43 | with Oracle VM VirtualBox.
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| 44 | </p>
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| 45 | </li>
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| 46 | <li>
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| 47 | <p>
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| 48 | The VM has a unique UUID.
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| 49 | </p>
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| 50 | </li>
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| 51 | <li>
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| 52 | <p>
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| 53 | An XML settings file is generated.
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| 54 | </p>
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| 55 | </li>
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| 56 | </ul>
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| 57 | </li>
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| 58 | <li>
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| 59 | <p>
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| 60 | Create a virtual hard disk and storage devices for the VM.
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| 61 | </p>
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| 62 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage createhd --filename /VirtualBox/$VM/$VM.vdi --size 32768
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| 63 | # VBoxManage storagectl $VM --name "SATA Controller" --add sata --controller IntelAHCI
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| 64 | # VBoxManage storageattach $VM --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --device 0 \
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| 65 | --type hdd --medium /VirtualBox/$VM/$VM.vdi
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| 66 | # VBoxManage storagectl $VM --name "IDE Controller" --add ide
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| 67 | # VBoxManage storageattach $VM --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 0 --device 0 \
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| 68 | --type dvddrive --medium /u01/Software/OL/OracleLinux-R7-U6-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso</pre>
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| 69 | <p>
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| 70 | The previous commands do the following:
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| 71 | </p>
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| 72 | <ul>
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| 73 | <li>
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| 74 | <p>
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| 75 | Create a 32768 MB virtual hard disk.
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| 76 | </p>
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| 77 | </li>
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| 78 | <li>
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| 79 | <p>
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| 80 | Create a SATA storage controller and attach the virtual
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| 81 | hard disk.
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| 82 | </p>
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| 83 | </li>
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| 84 | <li>
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| 85 | <p>
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| 86 | Create an IDE storage controller for a virtual DVD drive
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| 87 | and attach an Oracle Linux installation ISO.
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| 88 | </p>
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| 89 | </li>
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| 90 | </ul>
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| 91 | </li>
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| 92 | <li>
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| 93 | <p>
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| 94 | (Optional) Configure some settings for the VM.
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| 95 | </p>
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| 96 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --ioapic on
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| 97 | # VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --boot1 dvd --boot2 disk --boot3 none --boot4 none
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| 98 | # VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --memory 8192 --vram 128</pre>
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| 99 | <p>
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| 100 | The previous commands do the following:
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| 101 | </p>
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| 102 | <ul>
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| 103 | <li>
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| 104 | <p>
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| 105 | Enable I/O APIC for the motherboard of the VM.
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| 106 | </p>
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| 107 | </li>
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| 108 | <li>
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| 109 | <p>
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| 110 | Configure the boot device order for the VM.
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| 111 | </p>
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| 112 | </li>
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| 113 | <li>
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| 114 | <p>
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| 115 | Allocate 8192 MB of RAM and 128 MB of video RAM to the
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| 116 | VM.
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| 117 | </p>
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| 118 | </li>
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| 119 | </ul>
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| 120 | </li>
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| 121 | <li>
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| 122 | <p>
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| 123 | Perform an unattended install of the OS.
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| 124 | </p>
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| 125 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage unattended install $VM \
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| 126 | --iso=/u01/Software/OL/OracleLinux-R7-U6-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso \
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| 127 | --user=<varname>login</varname> --full-user-name=<varname>name</varname> --password <varname>password</varname> \
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| 128 | --install-additions --time-zone=CET</pre>
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| 129 | <p>
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| 130 | The previous command does the following:
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| 131 | </p>
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| 132 | <ul>
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| 133 | <li>
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| 134 | <p>
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| 135 | Specifies an Oracle Linux ISO as the installation ISO.
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| 136 | </p>
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| 137 | </li>
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| 138 | <li>
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| 139 | <p>
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| 140 | Specifies a login name, full name, and login password
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| 141 | for a default user on the guest OS.
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| 142 | </p>
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| 143 | <p>
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| 144 | Note that the specified password is also used for the
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| 145 | root user account on the guest.
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| 146 | </p>
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| 147 | </li>
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| 148 | <li>
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| 149 | <p>
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| 150 | Installs the Guest Additions on the VM.
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| 151 | </p>
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| 152 | </li>
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| 153 | <li>
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| 154 | <p>
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| 155 | Sets the time zone for the guest OS to Central European
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| 156 | Time (CET).
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| 157 | </p>
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| 158 | </li>
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| 159 | </ul>
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| 160 | </li>
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| 161 | <li>
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| 162 | <p>
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| 163 | Start the virtual machine.
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| 164 | </p>
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| 165 | <p>
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| 166 | This step completes the unattended installation process.
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| 167 | </p>
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| 168 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># VBoxManage startvm $VM --type headless</pre>
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| 169 | <p>
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| 170 | The VM starts in headless mode, which means that the
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| 171 | VirtualBox Manager window does not open.
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| 172 | </p>
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| 173 | </li>
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| 174 | <li>
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| 175 | <p>
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| 176 | (Optional) Update the guest OS to use the latest Oracle
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| 177 | Linux packages.
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| 178 | </p>
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| 179 | <p>
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| 180 | On the guest VM, run the following command:
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| 181 | </p>
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| 182 | <pre xml:space="preserve"># yum update</pre>
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| 183 | </li>
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| 184 | </ol>
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| 185 | </body>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | </topic>
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