Creating a Headless VirtualBox VM Host on Ubuntu Server

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0432.html

Installation and Configuration    01. Log into the Ubuntu Server host    02. Run the following commands          # update software repositories          sudo apt update          # install available software updates          sudo apt upgrade -y          # install virtualbox          sudo apt install virtualbox -y          # verify virtualbox installed by outputting the version          vboxmanage -version          # install virtualbox extension pack          sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack -y          # disable default vboxweb service          sudo systemctl disable vboxweb          # create vboxadmin user and set a password          sudo useradd vboxadmin          # set the vboxadmin password          sudo passwd vboxadmin          # add vboxadmin to the vboxuser group          sudo usermod -aG vboxusers vboxadmin          # create vboxadmin home directory          sudo mkdir /home/vboxadmin -p          # make vboxadmin the owner of the home directory          sudo chown -R vboxadmin /home/vboxadmin          # edit the default virtualbox configuration          sudo nano /etc/default/virtualbox    03. Add the following line to the bottom of the file, changing the username if necessary          VBOXWEB_USER=vboxadmin          VBOXWEB_HOST=127.0.0.1    04. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes    05. Continue with the following commands, changing the username if necessary          # create vboxweb.sh          sudo nano /home/vboxadmin/vboxweb.sh    06. Paste the following into vboxweb.sh          #!/bin/bash          /usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -H 127.0.0.1 ≫ /dev/null 2≫&1    07. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes    08. Continue with the following commands, changing the username if necessary          # make vboxweb.sh executable          sudo chmod +x /home/vboxadmin/vboxweb.sh          # create phpvirtualbox.service          sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/phpvirtualbox.service    09. Paste the following service configuration, changing the username if necessary          [Unit]          Description=VirtualBox Web Service          After=network.target          [Service]          Type=simple          RemainAfterExit=yes          User=vboxadmin          Group=vboxusers          WorkingDirectory=/home/vboxadmin     ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsKR7aBbTxs