VirtualBox admin using phpvirtualbox (2017)
Following on from my previous guide VirtualBox admin using phpVirtualBox, Smart Guide Pty Ltd have taken over support and released a new version :) This guide explains how you can run administer VirtualBox 5.2 on a headless Ubuntu server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. 1. Preliminary: - Install your server environment (I chose Ubuntu) - Install VirtualBox 5.2 (VirtualBox 5.2 on Ubuntu 17.10) 2 Start VirtualBox Web Services Create the file /etc/default/virtualbox and put the line VBOXWEB_USER=vbox in it (so that the VirtualBox SOAP API which is called vboxwebsrv runs as the user vbox): echo '# virtualbox defaults file' | sudo tee /etc/default/virtualbox echo 'VBOXWEB_USER=vbox' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/virtualbox Next create the system startup…