VirtualBox in public ?

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Technologov
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Re: VirtualBox in public ?

Post by Technologov »

You can use RDP or VRDP solution to remotely access your VMs.
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Re: VirtualBox in public ?

Post by abcuser »

Cacoper wrote:As I said before... My "chrome OS" is staying in my VirtualBox as a virtual machine.
Como ya he dicho antes... My Chrome OS esta instalado y alojado en VirtualBox como una máquina virtual.
Hi,
like I have posted, make sure that for Chrome OS is set bridged network connection in VirtualBox GUI. Then check/set your IP address in Chrome OS. I don't know if Chrome OS has a terminal, if so you can use ifconfig command to check IP address.

P.S. The above Spanish sentence is translated by Google Translate to: "As I said before ... My Chrome OS is installed and hosted on VirtualBox as a virtual machine." So it looks like you have translated to English by using some other translator.
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Re: VirtualBox in public ?

Post by xasx »

I think what Cacoper is trying to ask is whether it is possible to access a virtual machine e.g. from an internet(cyber) cafe computer.

So far people were answering the request in two manners:

1. Is it possible to remotely access the virtual operating system (like abcuser), ie. accessing shares or web servers through certain protocols.
2. Is it possible to use the virtual machine remotely (like Technologov), i.e. starting programs, moving around the cursor and such things.

Since Cacoper told us about restrictions on the remote computers I would guess that he is asking about the second thing.
Nonetheless the answer to both questions is simply: Yes, one can. :P

1. As abcuser said configure a bridged network so that any remote computer would reach the virtual machine instead of your host machine (through the internet-connected network interface). See also Chapter 6. Virtual networking in the User manual, especially 6.4.
2. As Technologov stated you can use RDP/VRDP (e.g. mstsc.exe on the remote windows machine). For more information on this refer to chapter 7 in VB's manual: Chapter 7. Remote virtual machines

I hope that I could help figuring out what the problem is.
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Re: VirtualBox in public ?

Post by Cacoper »

OK, ... but the problem is that I am not allowed to manipulate the configuration of the computer I'm using from an internet(cyber) cafe computer.

I hope the solution you gave me possible ... THANKS ¡¡¡
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Re: VirtualBox in public ?

Post by xasx »

Cacoper wrote:OK, ... but the problem is that I am not allowed to manipulate the configuration of the computer I'm using from an internet(cyber) cafe computer.
Just don't worry about the computer. If in fact you want to do the second thing that I mentioned just follow the manual. Define a port through which you can access the VM running on YOUR HOME COMPUTER an start the VRDP tool (it comes bundled with most windows OSes) connecting to your computer. That means that you have to find out on which IP-Adress your PC is reachable.

What you can't do is carrying the VM disk image on a USB pen drive and plug it into the publicly accessible computer because you don't have the necessary rights to install VB which is needed in this case. Maybe I will draw a drawing for you that demonstrates this.
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