Running OSv on VirtualBox

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Don Marti edited this page Apr 12, 2014 · 8 revisions

Step 1: Prepare VirtualBox network

Select VirtualBox -> Preferences -> Network -> Host-only Networks

Make sure vboxnet0 is available. If not, create it by clicking the ADD button.

Make sure the DHCP server for vboxnet0 is enabled by clicking the EDIT button.

Step 2: Download or generate an OSv VirtualBox Appliance

Click here to download image

or

To generate a new image, working within the osv source directory:

$ make image=default
$ scripts/gen-vbox-ova.sh

Step 3: Import OSv Appliance into VirtualBox

Click File -> Import Appliance. Choose the OSv OVA file you downloaded or generated.

Step 4: Start OSv

Start your OSv VM by double clicking. That's it.