VirtualBox is a freely available open source software solution, runs on Windows Linux, Macintosh and
Solaris hosts and supports many guest operating systems.
So VirtualBox is deceptively simple, but it's also very powerful.
So let's go ahead and install it.
Give it a quick look.
Hey there.
So I want to make a particular hands on demonstration in Windows for two particular reasons.
One, I'd like to show you that the host is not critically important while preparing the lab.
And secondly, I'd like the students using Windows as a host system to feel comfortable at the beginning
of the course, because we're going to be using a mac as a host system in general for the rest of the
course.
So simply by using your favorite web browser type virtual box into the address bar.
You will see the official site of VirtualBox is the first row of the results page, so its virtualbox.org
is the official site, so click on it.
There's the download.
So let's click it to see the download options.
All right, so this is the latest edition when I was preparing the course.
Now there's a couple of options for the major hosts.
So, by the way, what I mean about the host is that your main operating system installed on your computer.
So click on the option, whichever is suitable for you.
Right now I'll use a windows, so I'm going to download for Windows hosts.
And while downloading virtual box, just scroll your mouse down a little bit and you can see that there's
an extension pack to install as well.
The extension pack helps your installation support different things like USB two and three devices.
It may help you to manage your installation easily.
Now click on the link All supported platforms.
Wait a little bit.
Might not take too much time.
All of it has been downloaded.
Go to my downloads folder.
Double click on the file.
Click next, next, next.
And now it will install some virtual network adapters at this phase.
So click yes and install.
Now it's going to be installing for a while.
And there it is.
Finished.
I don't want you to start now, so let's uncheck the box and click finish.
See now's the time for installing an extension after installation of VirtualBox.
The icon is changed.
You see that?
So double click on it and wait for a bit.
Right.
So now this screen comes up, click install.
So go ahead and scroll down until the end and you'll see that I agree button.
It's enabled, so click on it if you agree and well you should agree in order to use VirtualBox.
So wait a second.
Okay, so now you're done.
Congratulations, you have installed VirtualBox, so please have a look and be familiar with the menus
by yourself before you start.
Virtual box.org is the official site.
And on the left pane there's the download menu item.
So in the downloads page we have platform packages here, click on OS X hosts.
There's a link for Mac devices.
Click save to start the download.
When the download is finished.
Double click on the installation package file which has the DMG at the end.
Okay, so here you do what the instructions tell you.
Double click on the virtual boxed package icon.
Click.
Continue.
Continue again and install.
And then here I just enter the local admin password and click.
Now go to the applications menu and click the VirtualBox icon to start your virtualization environment.
Congratulations you have installed VirtualBox.