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Notes on Oracle VirtualBox and Bitnami virtual machines.

VirtualBoxNotes

Notes on Oracle VirtualBox and Bitnami virtual machines.

Install Oracle VirtualBox on Windows 7 or 10

• check Windows 64-bit
• check at least 4GB memory
• enable virtualization and VT-d in BIOS; save settings
• recycle power and reboot may be needed after BIOS setup
• check HyperV disabled
• install Oracle VirtualBox
• check 64-bit guests can be hosted by Oracle VirtualBox
• check host IP address appears on 192.168.56.1

Install Oracle VirtualBox on Mac

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13580491/how-to-enable-support-of-cpu-virtualization-on-macbook-pro
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEvM-No4eQo

Install SSH tools for Windows

• Putty
• WinScp

Install SSH tools for Mac

• https://accc.uic.edu/answer/how-do-i-use-ssh-and-sftp-mac-os-x

Bitnami LAMP stack VM instructions

• download the Bitnami LAMP stack OVA (Oracle VirtualBox Archive)
• check MD5 hash: http://onlinemd5.com/
• start Oracle VirtualBox, import OVA
• check guest: Type="Linux", Version="Debian 64-bit"
• check guest: video memory >= 24 MB
• check guest: network card set to host-only
• boot the guest (look for double-splash)
• note application password on the splash screen
• login to guest (bitnami/bitnami)
• note guest's IP address (sudo ifconfig)
• set Bitnami user password if desired
• enable sshd on Bitnami guest
• sudo reboot
• sudo shutdown -h now

Login to LAMP stack

• create Putty connections to the VM for console and tunnel
• create a WinSCP connection to the VM for file transfer
• check all stack services are available: sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh status

Debian administration notes

• enable ssh daemon
  sudo rm -f /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run
  sudo systemctl enable ssh
  sudo systemctl start ssh

Clone and run PHP projects from Github

• Simple LAMP Web Application https://github.com/qyjohn/simple-lamp
• Neighborhood Web Site https://github.com/cbmira01/NWS