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Note: this patch introduces an incompatibility in the `linuxkit run vbox` arguments. It wasn't impossible to specify more than one network adapter to the `linuxkit run vbox` command. This patch allows to specify more than one `-networking` argument to specify different network adapters. For instance: ~~~sh linuxkit run vbox -networking type=nat -networking type=hostonly,adapter=vboxnet0 ~~~ will setup the VM with 2 NICs. It is also possible to get rid of the `type` argument. Signed-off-by: Brice Figureau <brice@daysofwonder.com>
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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. Note that additional drives are attached to the
SATA Controller, unlike the VM disk which is on the IDE Controller.
Networking
You can select the networking mode, which defaults to the standard nat, by using the
-networking command-line option. Some networking modes (hostonly, bridge) will require
the additional adapter parameter to the -networking option:
-networking hostonly,adapter=vboxnet0
You can specify more than one -networking option to setup multiple adapters. It is
recommended to setup the first adapter as nat.