whitejamie / vm-vbox-script

Scripts for creating a Virtual Machine using Virtual Box.

vm-vbox-script

Scripts for creating a Virtual Machine (VM) using Virtual Box. Including access to the ./post_install_scripts from within the VM after installation.

Dependencies

• VirtualBox

Linux host

• Bash command line utilities: wget, jq, mkisofs.

Windows host

• PowerShell scripts depends on a 3rd party library to create an .iso file, New-ISOFile. This has been copied to the /library folder.

Instructions

Both Linux and Windows scripts use a .json config file and some of these parameters can be set via the command line calls to create the VMs. See each script's documentation for details and default ./config.json.

Linux host

1. Run ./vm-create.sh.
2. After automatic install of OS finishes run ./vm-post-install.sh. Follow the onscreen instructions to mount the .iso in the VM to run the scripts.

Windows host

1. Run PowerShell as admin and then call Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned.
2. Run .\vm-create-win.ps1.
3. After automatic install of OS finishes run .\vm-post-install-win.ps1. Follow the onscreen instructions to mount the .iso in the VM to run the scripts.

Additional information

• There's a bug in Virtual Box's VBoxManage unattended install. It looks in the wrong location for virtualbox/UnattendedTemplates. On Debian/RedHat host machines it is located here: /usr/lib/virtualbox/UnattendedTemplates/. See https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17335. The Linux script works around this issue by testing the location of Virtual Box's /UnattendedTemplates directory.
• For vm_locale configuration see locale and country https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Locale-Names.html
• CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-2003
  • .iso checksum source.
  • Use ./post_install_scripts/setup_ethernet.sh to enable network connection.
  • Upgrade: sudo yum upgrade -y
  • Add user as sudoer: gpasswd -a vboxuser wheel
  • Change default passwords: sudo passwd root and sudo passwd vboxuser
  • Get SHA256 ECDSA key fingerprint for verification when creating a secure shell SSH: ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa.pub