Instructions for a headless Virtualbox server on Ubuntu 12.04
Prerequisites: web server with php5
apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork php5-suhosin libapache2-mod-php5 unzip
Install virtualbox and extension pack
apt-get install dkms
apt-get install virtualbox-[current version] --no-install-recommends
wget http://[latest extension pack]
vboxmanage extpack install [latest extension pack]
Add vbox user and add to vboxusers group
adduser vbox
adduser vbox vboxusers
Create /etc/default/virtualbox file with the following content (used by SOAP API)
VBOXWEB_USER=vbox
Create startup links for vboxwebsrv
update-rc.d vboxweb-service defaults
/etc/init.d/vboxweb-service start
Download phpvirtualbox
wget http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/files/[current version]
Unzip and move to proper location with proper name
unzip phpvirtualbox-[current version].zip
mv phpvirtualbox-[current version] /var/www/phpvirtualbox
Go to /var/www/phpvirtualbox
cp config.php-example config.php
nano config.php
var $username = ‘vbox’;
var $password = ‘[password]’;
var $consoleHost = ‘[host ip address]’;
Restart server, open browser to http://[server]/phpvirtualbox, log in as admin/admin
Set Remote Desktop port, then start guest OS, use RDP to view guest OS