Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro

alaeth wrote:

horim80 wrote: alouch47 wrote: hi, quick reply here. I think that by default, the Vm rdp port is @8888 so you should try to connect to : ip_of_vm:8888 Keep us posted if it's ok or not I tried to connect VM use port 8888 but failed.. Any more advice? I think the default RDP port is 3389. If you have a Windows system, just connect to the NAS IP, not the IP of the VM (although I'm sure that should work too if it's a Windows VM). For example, I ran: $ VBoxHeadless --startvm "WinXP" Oracle VM VirtualBox Headless Interface 3.2.8 (C) 2008-2010 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved. Listening on port 3389. and connected with Windows RDP with <readynas ip>

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential amd64-libs lib64stdc++6 bzip2 lib64z1 lzma
sudo apt-get --reinstall install libc6-amd64

wget -q http://www.readynas.com/download/GPL/RNDP6xxx_4.2.15_WW_src.zip
unzip -q RNDP6xxx_4.2.15_WW_src.zip "linux-2.6.33.7/*"
sudo ln -sn `pwd`/linux-2.6.33.7 /usr/src/linux
cd linux-2.6.33.7
make ARCH=x86_64
make prepare

cd ..
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.2/VirtualBox-4.0.2-69518-Linux_amd64.run
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.2/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.2-69518.vbox-extpack
chmod 755 VirtualBox-4.0.2-69518-Linux_amd64.run
sudo ./VirtualBox-4.0.2-69518-Linux_amd64.run
sudo /usr/bin/VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.2-69518.vbox-extpack

VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP>

VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> &

VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP> &

fbmachines wrote:
SSH newb question... Do I have to keep the SSH client open the whole time a VM is running? When I close putty, my VM closes. Anyway around this? Thanks.

jmalmlund wrote:

For those who like me update to VirtualBox 4.0.x, remember that Oracle have change how VBox is packaged and distributed (all binaries are now GPLv2 and no longer ships with VRDP support built in). This is what I did to install and run 4.0.2 (slightly adopted for easier copy and paste of my commands) and remember that if you log in as root (you really shouldn't) you can skip the 'sudo' part of all the listed commands. apt-get update apt-get install build-essential amd64-libs lib64stdc++6 bzip2 lib64z1 lzma apt-get --reinstall install libc6-amd64 wget -q http://www.readynas.com/download/GPL/RNDP6xxx_4.2.15_WW_src.zip unzip -q RNDP6xxx_4.2.15_WW_src.zip "linux-2.6.33.7/*" sudo ln -sn `pwd`/linux-2.6.33.7 /usr/src/linux cd linux-2.6.33.7 make ARCH=x86_64 make prepare cd .. wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.2/VirtualBox-4.0.2-69518-Linux_amd64.run wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.2/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.2-69518.vbox-extpack chmod 755 VirtualBox-4.0.2-69518-Linux_amd64.run sudo ./VirtualBox-4.0.2-69518-Linux_amd64.run sudo /usr/bin/VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.2-69518.vbox-extpack Note that it's the extpack that contains the RDP module... I won't repeat instructions on how to do a basic setup of a virtual machine, only the additions/changes needed for VBox 4.0 VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP> After this all that's needed to start is VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> & Or if you don't want to configure your machines with static ip/ports for RDP use VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP> & Edit: Added an '&' to the start command to put the process in the background and returning you to the prompt, which enables you to logout and disconnect your ssh session.

jmalmlund wrote:
Edited my start command in the previous post.. you just need to add an '&' to the end of the start command to put the VBox process into the background allowing you to disconnect your ssh session.

VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> --acpi on

fbmachines wrote:
VB 4.0.4 is out and all seems well after updating it in the NAS.

nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP> &

fbmachines wrote:
jmalmlund wrote: Edited my start command in the previous post.. you just need to add an '&' to the end of the start command to put the VBox process into the background allowing you to disconnect your ssh session. Thanks! I'll give it a try when I get home. I knew it had to be something simple. [...]

Mackila wrote:

Hi, You are the guy who made me buy 2x4GB for my pro... As I changed processor to E6600, I use my nas to host some VM. I got them running "as services" with help from scripts from here and there. When you want to start a VM then disconnect your ssh session, & is not enough. It only sends VBoxHeadless to the background, but it stays attached to your ssh session. Try this instead : nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP> & - Mackila