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  1. @smoser smoser revised this gist Jul 23, 2013. 1 changed file with 13 additions and 4 deletions.
    17 changes: 13 additions & 4 deletions ubuntu-cloud-virtualbox.sh
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    @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $ vboxmanage createvm --name "$vmname" --register
    $ vboxmanage modifyvm "$vmname" \
    --memory 512 --boot1 disk --acpi on \
    --nic1 nat --natpf1 "guestssh,tcp,,2222,,22"
    ## Another option for networking would be:
    ## --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0
    $ vboxmanage storagectl "$vmname" --name "IDE_0" --add ide
    $ vboxmanage storageattach "$vmname" \
    --storagectl "IDE_0" --port 0 --device 0 \
    @@ -57,6 +59,17 @@ $ vboxmanage modifyvm "$vmname" \
    ## start up the VM
    $ vboxheadless --vnc --startvm "$vmname"

    ## You should be able to connect to the vnc port that vboxheadless
    ## showed was used. The default would be '5900', so 'xvcviewer :5900'
    ## to connect.
    ##
    ## Also, after the system boots, you can ssh in with 'ubuntu:passw0rd'
    ## via 'ssh -p 2222 ubuntu@localhost'
    ##
    ## To see the serial console, where kernel output goes, you
    ## can use 'socat', like this:
    ## socat UNIX:my.socket -

    ## vboxmanage controlvm "$vmname" poweroff
    $ vboxmanage controlvm "$vmname" poweroff

    @@ -69,7 +82,3 @@ $ vboxmanage closemedium dvd "${seed_iso}"
    $ vboxmanage closemedium disk "${my_disk1}"
    $ vboxmanage unregistervm $vmname --delete

    ## Another option for networking would be:
    ## --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0
    ## To attach a serial device, you can do:
    ##
  2. @smoser smoser created this gist Jul 23, 2013.
    75 changes: 75 additions & 0 deletions ubuntu-cloud-virtualbox.sh
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    ## Install necessary packages
    $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose qemu-utils genisoimage cloud-utils

    ## get kvm unloaded so virtualbox can load
    $ sudo modprobe -r kvm_amd kvm_intel
    $ sudo service virtualbox stop
    $ sudo service virtualbox start

    ## URL to most recent cloud image of 12.04
    $ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/server/releases/12.04/release"
    $ img_url="${img_url}/ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"


    ## on precise, cloud-localds is not in archive. just download.
    $ localds_url="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-utils-dev/cloud-utils/trunk/download/head:/cloudlocalds-20120823015036-zkgo0cswqhhvener-1/cloud-localds"
    $ which cloud-localds ||
    { sudo wget "$localds_url" -O /usr/local/bin/cloud-localds &&
    sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/cloud-localds; }

    ## download a cloud image to run, and convert it to virtualbox 'vdi' format
    $ img_dist="${img_url##*/}"
    $ img_raw="${img_dist%.img}.raw"
    $ my_disk1="my-disk1.vdi"
    $ wget $img_url -O "$img_dist"
    $ qemu-img convert -O raw "${img_dist}" "${img_raw}"
    $ vboxmanage convertfromraw "$img_raw" "$my_disk1"

    ## create user-data file and a iso file with that user-data on it.
    $ seed_iso="my-seed.iso"
    $ cat > my-user-data <<EOF
    #cloud-config
    password: passw0rd
    chpasswd: { expire: False }
    ssh_pwauth: True
    EOF
    $ cloud-localds "$seed_iso" my-user-data


    ##
    ## create a virtual machine using vboxmanage
    ##
    $ vmname="precise-nocloud-1"
    $ vboxmanage createvm --name "$vmname" --register
    $ vboxmanage modifyvm "$vmname" \
    --memory 512 --boot1 disk --acpi on \
    --nic1 nat --natpf1 "guestssh,tcp,,2222,,22"
    $ vboxmanage storagectl "$vmname" --name "IDE_0" --add ide
    $ vboxmanage storageattach "$vmname" \
    --storagectl "IDE_0" --port 0 --device 0 \
    --type hdd --medium "$my_disk1"
    $ vboxmanage storageattach "$vmname" \
    --storagectl "IDE_0" --port 1 --device 0 \
    --type dvddrive --medium "$seed_iso"
    $ vboxmanage modifyvm "$vmname" \
    --uart1 0x3F8 4 --uartmode1 server my.ttyS0

    ## start up the VM
    $ vboxheadless --vnc --startvm "$vmname"

    ## vboxmanage controlvm "$vmname" poweroff
    $ vboxmanage controlvm "$vmname" poweroff

    ## clean up after ourselves
    $ vboxmanage storageattach "$vmname" \
    --storagectl "IDE_0" --port 0 --device 0 --medium none
    $ vboxmanage storageattach "$vmname" \
    --storagectl "IDE_0" --port 1 --device 0 --medium none
    $ vboxmanage closemedium dvd "${seed_iso}"
    $ vboxmanage closemedium disk "${my_disk1}"
    $ vboxmanage unregistervm $vmname --delete

    ## Another option for networking would be:
    ## --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0
    ## To attach a serial device, you can do:
    ##