This post shows a way that ends much of this agony and adds considerable predictability to a successful outcome. Often there are small hiccups that require starting over or backtracking. There is a lot of babysitting done along the way. box file, testing and uploading the images.Įven if all goes smoothly, the entire process can take around 8 hours. There is considerable time involved in each step: downloading the initial ISO from microsoft, installing the windows os, installing updates, cleaning up the image, converting the image to any alternate hypervisor formats (I always make both VirtualBox and Hyper-V images), compacting the image to the vagrant. I cringe whenever I have to refresh my vagrant boxes.

These posts explain the multiple steps of preparing the base box and then the process of converting that box to the appropriate format of your preferred hypervisor. To learn dynamic IP address assigned by DHCP type command 'ip addr' 10.I've written a couple posts on how to create vagrant boxes for windows and how to try and get the base image as small as possible. when installation completed enter to system using login/passwordĩ.specify root password and create user (login/password).Select VM and click to Start button to start Centos installation select Network tab (Adapter one already assigned to NAT to enamble VM access to host computer's network and Internet)Ĩ.To allow host computer and other computers in the same network to access VM on right side in Attributes click to small disc icon on the right of Optical Drive.To assign Centos Image to newly created VM Specify Name, type (Linux), version (Red Hat 64) and follow to default paramenters 6. Run VirtualBox and create new Virtual Machine (VMs) Download to your computer Centos Minimal. Download popular SSH client PuTTY.exe from (do not need installation) 4. Download and install binary installer appropriate for your platform from Restart your computer enter to BIOSĭepending on your BIOS software, go to Advanced Settings, look for Virtualization (Technology VT), make sure that it's Enabled. Installing a CentOS 7 Minimal VM with VirtualBox on Windows 10 with SSH support 1.

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