Sometimes I need to run a headless VirtualBox VM.
Here’s a couple scripts to build one up and get one running with VNC access:
root@colinbsd:/prodVMs # cat makeOpenProj
VBoxManage createvm –name openproject –ostype FreeBSD_64 –register
VBoxManage modifyvm openproject –memory 2048 –ioapic on –cpus 4 –chipset PIIX3 –nic1 bridged –nictype1 82540EM –bridgeadapter1 bge0
VBoxManage createhd –filename openproject.vdi –size 20480
VBoxManage storagectl openproject –name “SATA Controller” –add sata –controller IntelAhci
VBoxManage storageattach “openproject” –storagectl “SATA Controller” –port 0 –device 0 –type hdd –medium openproject.vdi
VBoxManage storagectl openproject –name “IDE Controller” –add ide –controller PIIX4
VBoxManage storageattach openproject –storagectl “IDE Controller” –port 1 –device 0 –type dvddrive –medium fbsd.iso
VBoxManage modifyvm piwik –boot1 dvd
root@colinbsd:/prodVMs # cat startOpenProj
VBoxHeadless –startvm openproject –vrde on -e TCP/Ports=5001 -e VNCPassword=”vncpassword” &
Then you might want to change the boot medium to not the dvd…:
root@colinbsd:/prodVMs # VBoxManage controlvm openproject poweroff
root@colinbsd:/prodVMs # VBoxManage modifyvm openproject –boot1 disk
root@colinbsd:/prodVMs # ./startOpenProj
