VirtualBox Starting DVDK Virtual Machine

Info Box Applies to DVDK

This page describes the basic procedure to start the DVDK virtual machine in VirtualBox.

We assume that the VirtualBox package is already installed in the user's host machine

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Starting the Virtual MachineEdit

The virtual machine image can be provided either in a .vbox file or a .ova file. The first is a plain virtualbox VM file, while the second is a virtual application exported in Open Virtualization Format (OVF). Please find below the instructions for both cases.

Using a .vbox fileEdit

1. Decompress the DVDK compressed archive on your file system. You should see two files, with .vbox extension (the virtual machine definition) and .vdi extension (the actual virtual machine):
   
   
   
   
2. Start the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager
   
   
   
   
3. Click on Machine and select Add
   
   
   
   
4. Navigate your file system and select the .vbox file previously decompressed

Using a .ova fileEdit

1. Start the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager
   
   
   
   
2. Click on File and select "Import Virtual Application", then click on "Open Virtual Application":
   
   
   
   
3. Navigate your file system and select the .ova file provided with the NELK:
   
   
   
   
4. Click "Next" and on the next window click on "Import"
   
   
   
   

Launching the VMEdit

1. Now that the virtual machine is ready, launch it by clicking on the start icon:
   
   
   
   
2. VirtualBox will open three message windows like the following, you can click "Ok" to close them
   
   
   
   
3. When the boot process is completed, you can login into the Ubuntu system
   
   
   
   with the credentials provided with the development kit (you can find them into the README file contained in the dvdk folder of the kit distribution).

Guest Additions UpdateEdit

Once logged in, the system could suggest to update the Virtualbox Guest Additions package. You can follow the on-screen instructions to easily install the updated package.

Next StepsEdit

1. Check if your keyboard layout matches the Ubuntu keyboard settings. You can change the keyboard layout selecting System->Preferences->Keyboard from the top panel menù.
2. Configure the Virtual Machine network interface: VirtualBox Network Configuration
3. Start working with the development kit: Naon Embedded Linux Kit (NELK)