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After you have downloaded VirtualBox, install it, then go to the next section to verify that the VM is working on your system.
Create Virtual Machine
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Start up VirtualBox, then select Machine>New, give it a name, and select Linux as type and Ubuntu (64 bit) as version. Press Continue.
Next, configure the VM with 2 GB (2048 MB) of memory. Press Continue.
Select ‘Use an existing virtual hard drive file’, and point it to the vmdk file you downloaded. Select Create.
Now you can start the VM by double clicking it; once it starts you can login with user tutorial1 and password tutorial1.
After some time you should see the desktop view for ubuntu. You can open a terminal by double clicking Terminal.
Double-click on the downloaded tutorial zipfile. This will give you an OVF file. Open the OVF file, this will open virtual box with an import dialog.
Click on import. When the import is finished start the VM and login using:
USERNAME: tutorial1
PASSWORD: tutorial1Make sure to read the command prompt notes below; they’re important to knowing where to run each command.
Important Command Prompt Notes
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