PhpVirtualBox

phpVirtualBox has been packaged for Amahi and is currently in ALPHA testing.

How to Install Manually:

• Ensure Advanced Settings is be enabled on your HDA. This can be done via the Settings tab in the Amahi Dashboard.
• Navigate to the Amahi Applications tab, create a web app called phpvb.
• Become root user:

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​su -​

• Install dependency:

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​yum -y install php-soap​

• Download and extract the source file:

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​cd /var/hda/web-apps/phpvb wget http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4-0.zip unzip phpvirtualbox-4-0.zip mv phpvirtualbox-4-0/* html chown -R apache:users html​

• Edit /var/hda/web-apps/phpvb/html/config.php and change the values below to your user name and password (must be the same user name as added to the vboxusers group during VirtualBox install):

var $username = 'ian';
var $password = 'pass';

• Start Web Service:

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​/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -b --logfile /dev/null >/dev/null​

• Enable Web Service start on boot:

Exit root user and edit crontab for your user (whoami will display the current user name and must match the one in the previous step):

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​whoami crontab -e​

and add the following line. (to save, enter : followed by wq):

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​@reboot /usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -b --logfile /dev/null >/dev/null​

• Create Web Service daemon (this will allow start/stop for updating VirutalBox versions):

As root user, create the file /etc/init.d/vboxwebsrv and add the following (ensure you replace username on line 6 with the same user name as added to the vboxusers group during VirtualBox install):

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​#! /bin/sh PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin DESC="VirtualBox Web Service" NAME=vboxwebsrv SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME USER=username [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME [ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions VBPID=`ps -U ${USER} --no-heading -o pid,cmd | grep vboxwebsrv | grep -v ${SCRIPTNAME} | grep -v grep | tail -1 | awk '{ print $1 }'` do_start() { if [ "$VBPID" != "" ] && [ "$VBPID" -gt 0 ]; then echo $NAME already running with PID $VBPID else su ${USER} -c 'vboxwebsrv -b --logfile /dev/null >/dev/null' fi } do_stop() { if [ "$VBPID" != "" ] && [ "$VBPID" -gt 0 ]; then echo Stopping $NAME ... kill $VBPID else echo $NAME not running fi } do_status() { if [ "$VBPID" != "" ] && [ "$VBPID" -gt 0 ]; then echo Running with pid $VBPID else echo $NAME not running fi } case "$1" in start) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && echo "Starting $DESC" "$NAME" do_start ;; stop) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && echo "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME" do_stop ;; restart|force-reload) echo "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME" do_stop sleep 1 VBPID=0 echo Starting $NAME ... do_start ;; status) do_status ;; *) echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac​

Set permissions:

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​chmod 755 /etc/init.d/vboxwebsrv​

To use the service, do the following as root user (option: start, stop, restart, force-reload, status):

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​service vboxwebsrv option​

• That's it. You should now be able to access VirtualBox from your browser at http://phpvb. It will restart automatically on reboot as well. Be aware moving the mouse pointer in this app is quirky and often difficult to navigate.
• Refer to phpVirtualBox Installation for additional guidance.

NOTE: See Amahi on VirtualBox for detailed guidance on installing Amahi on a virtual machine (VM).