Memory Size: 4096 MB – that should be sufficient for what I have in mind. Version: Other Linux (64-bit) – I am assuming that you have a 64 bit machine if not adjust accordingly Name the image “demo”, configure the following settings: Verify the location to which virtual machine files will be written and change as appropriate. Start the VirtualBox Management UI – for me "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe"
Create and configure VM Image using the GUI (command line version next section) I choose to download the two DVD iso images, CentOS-6.8-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso and CentOS-6.8-x86_64-bin-DVD2.iso to my distribution packages directory O:\DemoBuilding\Distros Create and Configure baseline CentOS 6.8 VM Image Download CentOS 6 Update 8ĬentOS,, is a RedHat-like Linux distribution, available free of charge for any use as far as I can tell.ĭownload the CentOS 6.8 distribution from the nearest mirror. Instructions for downloading, installing and configuring the software packages are provided when the package is first used. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the right to download and use the software which I am discussing in this document. Downloading Software Packages All packages which I am using are, as far as I am aware, free to download. If you are working your way through this series and use either a different host OS or a different download file location then make appropriate adjustments. I assume that the platform from which the image will be created is Windows 7 and that the Windows directory to which packages will be downloaded is O:\DemoBuilding\Distros I assume that you installed the Oracle VirtualBox software on your chosen host, Windows 7 in my case, and are in position to create Virtual Machine Image using the CentOS 6.8 iso as a starting point. This is not a hard requirement but merely an explanation of the Windows’isms which necessarily creep into this document, particularly when it comes to downloading distribution packages prior to image creation. I assume that the demonstration image is built as a Virtual Box 5.x virtual machine image and that the Virtual Box Host environment is Windows 7.
At the end of the process there will be a Virtual Box Machine Image with CentOS 6.8 installed, snapshot taken and image ready for further work.Īll future articles in this series will assume that the image created this way is the baseline for further work. In this article I am configuring a Virtual Box Machine Image and installing and configuring the CentOS 6.8 OS and the Virtual Box Guest Additions.
Please see the article “ Build a Linux-based Infrastructure Solution Demonstration Series” for rationale, introduction and links to articles in this series.
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