node-virtualbox
v0.2.4
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A lightweight tool/module for provisioning VirtualBox virtual machines.
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This is a simple tool that helps provision basic VirtualBox virtual machines with sane defaults.
Installation and Usage
Requires node >= 8.X
npm install node-virtualbox [--save] [-g]
Example run:
node bin.js --provision --vmname "hello" --ip 172.168.0.55 --verbose
ssh into instance.
ssh -i config/resources/insecure_private_key -p 2002 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes [email protected]
Default setup
The default VM will have 2 cpus and 1G memory. The default image is based on the latest ubuntu/xenial64 image. The VM has two NICs. The first nic uses NAT to forward incoming and outgoing traffic. The second nic is assigned a private host only network address. After creation, you can login with vagrant/vagrant or ssh with the default insecure_private_key located in config/resources/
.
Commands
--list
return a list of vm names and uuids.
node bin.js --list
--stop
Stop vm with save state.
node bin.js --stop --vmname <name>
--delete
Unregister vm and delete all its contents.
node bin.js --delete --vmname <name>
--info
Provide information about a vm. This will print out a json string with properties of the specified vm.
For example, running node .\bin.js --info --vmname "vm3"
will print the following, which can be used to retrieve properties such as the port that can be used for ssh access:
{ name: '"vm3"',
...
'Forwarding(0)': '"guestssh,tcp,,2002,,22"',
}
Provision options
--cpus
Set the number of cpus for VM. Default is 2 (or 1 for micro).
--mem
Set the size of ram in MB(e.g., 512 or 1024). Default is 1024 (or 512 for micro).
--ovf
Set the box to import when creating vm. If this is omitted, the latest ubuntu-xenial image is downloaded and used.
--ssh_port
Set the local port used to forward ssh connections to vm. If this is omitted, then a freely available port between 2002 and 2999 is automatically assigned.
--forward_ports
Set the port forwarding rules. Format: "<guest_port>:<host_port>"
or "<port>"
. "<port>"
translates to "<port>:<port>"
.
--sync
Set a shared folder. Format: "<host_folder>;<guest_folder>"
. You can provide multiple of these options.
--add_ssh_key
Add public ssh key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the vm.
node bin.js --provision --vmname "shared_folders_vm" --ip 172.16.1.45 --ssh_port 2095 --verbose --sync "C:\Users\chris;/chris" --sync "C:\Users\chris\projects;/projects" --add_ssh_key ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Micro VM
This is for booting micro kernels (custom initramfs inside of an iso)
Example micro VMs (iso):
node bin.js --micro --vmname "micro" --attach_iso <Path>
If you don't specify path to an iso it will download and use an Alpine linux iso.