Changeset 83898 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/utils/TestExecServ/vboxtxs-readme.txt

Timestamp:

Apr 21, 2020 3:32:13 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

ValidationKit/vboxtxs-readme.txt: Some fixes / clarifications for Linux VMs.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/utils/TestExecServ/vboxtxs-readme.txt (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/utils/TestExecServ/vboxtxs-readme.txt

@@ -27 +27 @@
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-1.   cd /root
+1.   mkdir -p /opt/validationkit
 2.   scp/download VBoxValidationKit*.zip there.
 3.   unzip VBoxValidationKit*.zip
 4.   chmod -R u+w,a+x /opt/validationkit/
 5.   cd /etc/init.d/
-6a.  init.rc: Link up the right init script (see connection type above):
+
+6 a) For init.rc distros:
+     Link up the right init script (see connection type above):
        nat)   ln -s ../../opt/validationkit/linux/vboxtxs-nat ./vboxtxs
        other) ln -s ../../opt/validationkit/linux/vboxtxs     ./vboxtxs
-6b.  systemd: Link/copy up the vboxtxs.system to [/usr]/lib/systemd/.
-7a.  init.rc: Add vboxtxs to runlevels 2, 3, 5 and any other that makes sense
-     on the distro. There is usually some command for doing this...
-7b.  systemd: Enable the vboxtxs service.
-8a.  check the CD-ROM location (--cdrom <path>) in vboxtxs and fix it so it's correct, make sure
+6 b) Add vboxtxs to runlevels 2, 3, 5 and any other that makes sense
+     on the distro. There is usually some command for doing this, e.g.
+       update-rc.d vboxtxs defaults && update-rc.d vboxtxs enable
+
+  ... or ...
+
+7 a) For systemd distros: Link/copy up the vboxtxs.system to [/usr]/lib/systemd/, e.g.
+       cp /opt/validationkit/linux/vboxtxs.service /etc/systemd/system
+  b) Enable the vboxtxs service via:
+       systemctl enable vboxtxs
+
+  For all distros again:
+
+8a.  Check the CD-ROM location (--cdrom <path>) in vboxtxs and fix it so it's correct, make sure
      to update in svn as well.
-8a.  optional: If no suitable CD-ROM location is available on the guest yet, do a:
+8b.  Optional: If no suitable CD-ROM location is available on the guest yet, do a:
     mkdir -p /media/cdrom; vi /etc/fstab
      and enter this in /etc/fstab:
     /dev/sr0<tab>/media/cdrom<tab>udf,iso9660<tab>user,noauto,exec,utf8<tab>0<tab>0
-9.   reboot / done.
+9.   Make sure that the package sources are still valid and up to date (apt / yum / ++)
+10.  reboot / done.
+11.  Do test.