VBoxWebSrv is the VirtualBox Web Service that allows you to manage your VirtualBox virtual machines remotely through a web-based API. It is commonly used with tools like phpVirtualBox to provide a full web interface for VM control.
By running VBoxWebSrv as a Windows service, you ensure it starts automatically with your system and runs continuously in the background.
Installing VBoxWebSrv as a Windows Service with NSSM
Download NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager) from https://nssm.
$ sudo dnf update
$ sudo reboot
(So any new installed kernel will be loaded)
$ sudo dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers make bzip2 perl
Go to the VirtualBox Menu > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image
Automated:
Press Run
Manual:
$ cd /run/media/$USER/VBox_GAs_*/ # Adjust path if needed
$ sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
$ sudo reboot
Verification:
$ lsmod | grep vbox
(Check to see if vboxguest is listed)
Try the following steps:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo apt install curl
$ curl -fsSL https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg –dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox-archive-keyring.gpg
$ echo “deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox-archive-keyring.gpg] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian noble contrib” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo search virtualbox...
Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions on Rocky Linux 9.3
dnf install epel-release dnf update --refresh dnf update kernel-* reboot (optional) dnf install dkms kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc make bzip2 perl elfutils-libelf-devel rpm -q kernel-devel uname -r Top menu: Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD-Image Run (optional) cd /run/media/ ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
How to create an ISO file of a directory on macOS that can be mounted as a CDROM in MS-DOS 6.22 ?
Start Disk Utility on macOS
Go to: File -> New Image -> Image from Folder Choose the directory and press Choose Set Image Format to: DVD/CD master and press Save A *.cdr file will be created Go to the command line Cd to the directory with the *.
Try Oracle VirtualBox version 6.1.40 the older version. In my home lab the newest version of VirtualBox 7.0.4 did not work due to the error: hv_vm_create() failed: 0xfae94001 (VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED)
In the older version this was not an issue.
Step 1: install Python
Step 2: add both the scripts folder and its parent folder to the path
Step 3: CMD> pip install pywin32
Install the VirtualBox application and run a virtual machine inside it with the latest version of Linux or Windows. In many cases this can solve problems with browsing the internet — for example, making it possible to visit websites that no longer work in the old Apple environment.