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Justin Cormack 3251f67015 Add VirtualBox support to linuxkit run 
You can use `linuxkit run vbox ...` to run using Oracle VirtualBox.
ISO or raw should be supported, and you can specify EFI.

Some more options may be useful in future.

Signed-off-by: Justin Cormack <justin.cormack@docker.com>
2017-12-01 21:48:21 +00:00

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LinuxKit with VirtualBox

LinuxKit can run using Oracle VirtualBox. This should work on OSX, Linux and Windows. The standard install should be sufficient.

NB: Windows support is not currently working but should be fixed soon.

Boot

The Virtualbox backend currently supports booting from disks or ISOs. It should work with either BIOS (default) or EFI (with linuxkit run vbox --uefi ...).

Console

With linuxkit run vbox the serial console is redirected to stdio, providing interactive access to the VM.

Disks

The Virtualbox backend support configuring a persistent disk using the standard linuxkit -disk syntax. Multiple disks are supported and can be created in raw format; other formats that VirtualBox supports can be attached

Networking

You can select the networking mode, which defaults to the standard nat, but some networking modes may require additional configuration.