Hi Guys,

 

I was wondering if what i want to do is  possible and if so can i get step by step instructions on how to implement it

 

I am running the following on my unraid box (pro ofcourse) SABNZBD, SICKBEARD, UNMENU.

 

I don't know much about any command line stuff with linux but am willing to learn and would love to be able to get a desireable outcome.

 

Any assistance is highly appreciated as i believe this is advanced stuff?

 

I have seen posts about putting unraid on a VM platform, please not this is not what I am after

 

Regards,

 

Ares

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10978.0

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=10978.0

 

simpler:

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=25099.0

http://vbox.a1aina.com/install.php

 

You can use my plugin for initial installation of VirtualBox:

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=25715.0

 

 

What is your hardware?

 

thanks guys, as theone's is "simpler" ill give that a try first! ill let you know.

OK theone, I have installed the plugin as you mentioned, easier than i expected and good instructions on that forum page.

 

are you able to assist with the initial configuration of the virtual box? I need it to run in the cache drive rather than the FLASH drive if possible.

 

i have installed your virtualbox plugin but dont understand regarding the phpvirtualbox? do i need this as well? where do i get it and how do i install it.

what are the next steps.

When you install VirtualBox in Windows, there is a nice graphical interface to create & manage virtual machines. To have a nice graphical interface for VirtualBox in unRAID, you need to install phpVirtualBox (which gives the GUI in a web page).

 

The link to http://vbox.a1aina.com/install.php has sections for "Setup a web server:" and "Download phpvirtualbox:". Start there for some guidance installing phpvirtualbox. It also provides links to the official site for phpvirtualbox in case you have issues getting it installed.

 

The graphical interface is what people have problems with if they are going to have problems. Everything can be done via command line without the web interface of phpvirtualbox, but if you can get it working, it helps make things easier to manage. Here is a link with some command line options: http://www.linuxspy.info/tag/virtaulbox-how-to-send-poweroff-single-to-vm-tells-vm-os-to-shutdown/.

thanks for that, I have the web server settings available in the unraid web gui but every time i try to set the settings they revert to empty fields. see below as there is also a warning shown at the top that i dont quite understand.

 

Web Server

Warning: parse_ini_file(/simpleFeatures.web.server.ini): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/simpleFeatures.webServer/WEBsettings.php on line 11

Web server function: (lighttpd version: 1.4.31 -- PHP 5.3.17)

Web root directory:

Listening port: Don't use port 80

PHP error logging:

Error logging:

Access logging:

Default

 

 

the settings i am trying to user are below

 

Web Server

Warning: parse_ini_file(/simpleFeatures.web.server.ini): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/simpleFeatures.webServer/WEBsettings.php on line 11

Web server function: enabled (lighttpd version: 1.4.31 -- PHP 5.3.17)

Web root directory: /mnt/cache/webrootdirectory/www

Listening port: 8099 Don't use port 80

PHP error logging: enabled

Error logging: enabled

Access logging: enabled

Default

 

I still cannot for the life of me get the web server to work so was wondering...

 

If i install IIS on my local computer and point it to files on the unraid box for VBOX can this we as an alternative to the webserver on the unraid machine?

You can keep phpvirtualbox on your computer but in the config file you have to point to your unraid ip

thanks, will this allow the VM to run 100% interdependently in the unraid system? if so can you assist me with guided steps to follow?

Yeah it will make virtualbox run headless and you can even start / stop vms from the plugin.

 

You will need to follow the installation here for your computer https://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/wiki/Installation

 

Then you need to edit the config file from this:

/* SOAP URL of vboxwebsrv (not phpVirtualBox's URL) */

var $location = 'http://127.0.0.1:18083/';

 

to the ip address of your unraid. So if you are running unraid on 192.168.1.100 you need to make it like this:

/* SOAP URL of vboxwebsrv (not phpVirtualBox's URL) */

var $location = 'http://192.168.1.100:18083/';