PhpVirtualBox
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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 -
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- Install dependency:
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yum -y install php-soap
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- Download and extract the source file:
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cd /var/hda/web-apps/phpvb wget http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/phpvirtualbox-4.0-7.zip unzip phpvirtualbox-4.0-7.zip mv phpvirtualbox-4.0-7/* html chown -R apache:users html
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- Copy the example config file.
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cd /var/hda/web-apps/phpvb/html cp config.php-example config.php
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- Edit the copied 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 $password = 'pass';
- Start Web Service:
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/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -b --logfile /dev/null >/dev/null
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- Enable Web Service start on boot:
Exit root user and edit crontab for your user (whoami will display the current user name and must match the one in the previous step):
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whoami crontab -e
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and add the following line. (to save, enter : followed by wq):
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@reboot /usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -b --logfile /dev/null >/dev/null
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- Create Web Service daemon (this will allow start/stop for updating VirutalBox versions):
As root user, create the file /etc/init.d/vboxwebsrv and add the following (ensure you replace username on line 6 with the same user name as added to the vboxusers group during VirtualBox install):
#! /bin/sh PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin DESC="VirtualBox Web Service" NAME=vboxwebsrv SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$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
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To use the service, do the following as root user (option: start, stop, restart, force-reload, status):
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service vboxwebsrv option
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- 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).