Hace unos días descubrí una funcionabilidad de virtualbox (el cual era reacio a usar) que me ha encantado: la posibilidad de hacerlo accesible y totalmente funcional a traves de web, consola incluida. Lo cual lo hace una alternativa muy interesante a VMWare Server o ESXi
Para su correcto funcionamiento, debemos de seguir una serie de pasos, que incluyen por otro lado, el correcto arranque y parada de las máquinas virtuales sin gestion manual alguna, para que dependan de la máquina host
Esto es todo, cualquier duda, como siempre, en los comentarios :) espero que sirva de ayuda
ACTUALIZACION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Si el servicio en tu sistema LINUX fuera estable, podéis configurarlo de la siguiente manera
fuente: http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/wiki/vboxwebServiceConfigLinux
In order for vboxweb-service start vboxwebsrv, the file /etc/default/virtualbox must exist with correct settings. If this file does not exist on your system, create it now. This file has the format:
SETTING1=value
SETTING2=value
The following settings are available for use in this file:
Setting
Description
VBOXWEB_USER
The user as which vboxwebsrv will run.
VBOXWEB_HOST
The host to bind to (localhost).
VBOXWEB_PORT
The port to bind to (18083).
VBOXWEB_TIMEOUT
Session timeout in seconds; 0 = disable timeouts (300).
VBOXWEB_CHECK_INTERVAL
Frequency of timeout checks in seconds (5).
VBOXWEB_THREADS
Maximum number of worker threads to run in parallel (100).
VBOXWEB_KEEPALIVE
Maximum number of requests before a socket will be closed (100).
VBOXWEB_LOGFILE
Name of file to write log to (no file).
INSTALL_DIR
The location of the vboxwebsrv binary (/usr/lib/virtualbox).
At a minimum, VBOXWEB_USER must be set. Some may need to set VBOXWEB_HOST as well.
VBOXWEB_USER should be set to the user that runs VirtualBox virtual machines on your system. If more than one user runs virtual machines, you will have to pick one (multiple instances are possible, but beyond the scope of this document).
VBOXWEB_HOST should be set if phpVirtualBox (your web server) is not running on the same host as vboxwebsrv. If phpVirtualBox must communicate with vboxwebsrv across a network, this must be set to an IP address reachable by your web server. If your web server and vboxwebsrv are running on the same host, you may exclude this setting.
Your /etc/default/virtualbox may look like this:
VBOXWEB_USER=vbox
.. or if your web server and vboxwebsrv are on NOT the same host:
VBOXWEB_USER=vbox
VBOXWEB_HOST=192.168.0.4
Note that these values are just examples. The user that runs virtual machines on your system may not be named "vbox."
Once this is done, you may start and stop vboxwebsrv by running:
/etc/init.d/vboxweb-service start -or- /etc/init.d/vboxweb-service stop
as the root user on your system.
IMPORTANTE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Si en Mac OS X obtenemos al acceder via web, el error "Error logging in to vboxwebsrv" ejecutar la siguiente sentencia como usuario normal -> VBoxManage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null
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