Difference between revisions of "Virtual appliance"

Revision as of 15:57, 18 December 2009

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

Getting the guest image

Stable builds are available here, http://link/

Nightly builds are available here, http://ica-atom.org/dailyVEbuilds/

Running the guest image

KVM (Linux)

See KVM HowTos for information on running KVM on your host machine

change directory to the location of KVM image,
```
$ cd /path/to/image/ubuntu-kvm/
```
start kvm ica-atom instance (-m sets the memory in MB in this case 256MB, -redir tells the host machine to direct port 8000 to 80 on the guest instance)
```
$ sudo kvm -m 256 -redir tcp:8000::80 disk0.qcow2
```
wait until the machine is completely booted (you will see Ubuntu shell login)
ica-atom is now reachable at http://localhost:8000

VirtualBox (Windows/OSX/Linux/Sun)

See VirtualBox downloads for information on running VirtualBox on your host machine

To use VirtualBox download the 'vmserver' image

To load the guest image,

Click New
Select Operating System Linux
Select Version Ubuntu
Click Use existing hard disk
Click folder icon to browse hard disks
Click Add to add new hard disk
Select downloaded virtual appliance
Click Select
Click Finish

To access ICA-AtoM from the host operating system,

Select new appliance
Click Settings
Click Network
Select Attached to Host-only Adapter
Click OK

VMware (Windows/OSX/Linux)

...Please pardon our dust...

Xen (Linux/FreeBSD)

See Xen HowTos for information on running Xen on your host machine

Links

wikipedia:Virtual appliance

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Software_appliances

http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery:Appliance

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-==Getting the Guest Image==
+== Getting the guest image ==
-Stable builds are available here: http://link/
-Nightly builds are available here: http://ica-atom.org/dailyVEbuilds/
+Stable builds are available here, http://link/
-==Running the Guest Image==
+Nightly builds are available here, http://ica-atom.org/dailyVEbuilds/
-=== KVM (Linux) ===
-See: [http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/HOWTO KVM HowTos], for information on running KVM on your host machine.
-'''From the command line''':
-. Change directory to the location of KVM image
+== Running the guest image ==
-<pre>cd /path/to/image/ubuntu-kvm/</pre>
-. start kvm ica-atom instance (-m sets the memory in MB in this case 256MB, -redir tells the host machine to direct port 8000 to 80 on the guest instance)
+=== KVM (Linux) ===
-<pre>sudo kvm -m 256 -redir tcp:8000::80 disk0.qcow2</pre>
-. wait until the machine is completely booted(you will see ubuntu shell login)
+See [http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/HOWTO KVM HowTos] for information on running KVM on your host machine
+<ol>
+<li>change directory to the location of KVM image,
+<pre>$ cd /path/to/image/ubuntu-kvm/</pre>
+<li>start kvm ica-atom instance (-m sets the memory in MB in this case 256MB, -redir tells the host machine to direct port 8000 to 80 on the guest instance)
+<pre>$ sudo kvm -m 256 -redir tcp:8000::80 disk0.qcow2</pre>
+<li>wait until the machine is completely booted (you will see Ubuntu shell login)
+<li>ica-atom is now reachable at http://localhost:8000
+</ol>
-. ica-atom is now reachable at http://localhost:8000
 === VirtualBox (Windows/OSX/Linux/Sun) ===
-See: [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox downloads], for information on running VirtualBox on your host machine.
-To use VirtualBox download the 'vmserver' image.
+See [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox downloads] for information on running VirtualBox on your host machine
+To use VirtualBox download the 'vmserver' image
+To load the guest image,
-'''To load the Guest image''':
 # Click ''New''
 # Select ''Operating System'' '''Linux'''
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 # Click ''Finish''
-'''To access ICA-AtoM from the host operating system''':
+To access ICA-AtoM from the host operating system,
 # Select new appliance
 # Click ''Settings''
@@ Line 42: / Line 52: @@
 # Select ''Attached to'' '''Host-only Adapter'''
 # Click OK
 === VMware (Windows/OSX/Linux) ===
 ...Please pardon our dust...
 === Xen (Linux/FreeBSD) ===
-See: [http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HowTos Xen HowTos], for information on running Xen on your host machine.
-==Useful links==
+See [http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HowTos Xen HowTos] for information on running Xen on your host machine
+== Links ==
 [[wikipedia:Virtual appliance]]