| Keith C. Perry on 22 May 2017 08:14:49 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Run VirtualBox on a VPS? |
Not sure I understand... For a Linux hosted situation, you would the Linux version of VB or the native KVM (with the QEMU user space tool) for virtual machines. I routinely run my VM's with either VB or KVM. You can either convert to the native formats for each or use VMware's .vmdk format for both. I wouldn't recommend that in a production context but it good to for testing to make sure you have things right. I haven't tried it but the kernel can do nested virtual machines... https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/virtual/kvm/nested-vmx.txt I suspect this is not something most hosters enable but it does exist so maybe it is a matter of asking. I'm not sure why you would do this when you can run VB natively or QEMU (with a VB container for testing but then you can convert it). There really isn't much of a learning curve, especially if you are launching from the command line. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. Owner, DAO Technologies LLC (O) +1.215.525.4165 x2033 (M) +1.215.432.5167 www.daotechnologies.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey Bralla" <MailList@nerdworld.org> To: "PLUG Philadelphia Linux Users Group" <PLUG@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 9:51:55 AM Subject: [PLUG] Run VirtualBox on a VPS? 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? -- Casey Bralla ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug