Re: [PLUG] Run VirtualBox on a VPS?

[brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>]

On 05/21/2017 01:38 PM, Lee H. Marzke wrote:
> Even  VMware now allows running ESXi nested inside ESXi  which is how
> the free on-line HOL  training labs work.
> 
> But nested ESXi hosting is not supported,  and I imagine nested
> virtualbox also has some edge cases, so this would
> likely not be recommended for production use.
> 
> I have found that pushing  PAAS type workloads to the cloud are often
> cost effective,  but running multiple VM's in the
> cloud is not cost effective.
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
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> 
>     *From: *"Michael Lazin" <microlaser@gmail.com>
>     *To: *"Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"
>     <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
>     *Sent: *Sunday, May 21, 2017 10:02:08 AM
>     *Subject: *Re: [PLUG] Run VirtualBox on a VPS?
> 
>     I work at 1and1.com <http://1and1.com> and i managed to get
>     virtualbox running on one of our cloud servers.  You must use nat
>     and not bridged networking and our cloud platform runs on vmware. 
>     If you are interested we have datacenters in Kansas, Germany and Spain.
> 
>     Cheers, Michael 
> 
>     On May 21, 2017 9:52 AM, "Casey Bralla" <MailList@nerdworld.org
>     <mailto:MailList@nerdworld.org>> wrote:
> 
>         This is a follow-up to my request for hosting company
>         recommendations.
> 
>         I want to run multiple virtual servers using VirtualBox on a
>         hosted server.
>         I had assumed I could rent a virtual server instead of a
>         dedicated server
>         because my performance needs are very modest.
> 
>         However, will VirtualBox run under a KVM or Xen-based virtual
>         machine on a
>         commercial server?
>         --
> 


the host needs to support it.

https://blog.widodh.nl/2017/01/running-headless-virtualbox-inside-nested-kvm/
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Nested_Virtualization
https://superuser.com/questions/312433/can-you-run-a-machine-emulator-bochs-inside-a-virtual-machine

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