Best way to run a windows VM on headless ubuntu?

bijan588

I want to run a windows instance on a headless ubuntu.

I tryed virtualbox, but it was never able to connect to the internet.

Any ideas?

dmmcintyre3

KVM?

bijan588

I was thinking that, but how hard is it to use without buying a panel?

dmmcintyre3

run virt-manager on your computer or over ssh's X forwarding and it's easy.

yomero

I use KVM at hand...

$qemu-kvm bla bla

quirkyquark

Physical machine, right -- what CPU? I usually recommend VMWare Player over qemu-kvm or virtualbox for a Windows guest. It provides a built-in VNC for the guest and you can run and configure over console/VNC.

In general, for most headless needs, VNC for initial setup + xvfb (fake X server) almost always works as a last resort.

bijan588

Its a personal server with 16GB of ram with volumedrive.

I decided that with so much free ram, why not install xserver... and vnc XD

So I just installed that instead of mucking around with CLI.

Adam

With virtualbox, if it's just for personal use, check out phpVirtualBox:
(In case you don't want to deal with CLI)

http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/

bijan588

I do like CLI and virtualbox, I just could not get network working with virtualbox.

X11 forwarding is sooo slow, and kvm is shit without an interface.

Raymii

[nvm, read above post wrong]

Raymii

Or this: https://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/

quirkyquark

@bijan588 said: Its a personal server with 16GB of ram with volumedrive.

Jeez...and you hadn't installed VNC because (gasp) X would take up a few MB? I've run VNC (actually, try xrdp -- somewhat more efficient) on an as-needed basis on 96MB OVZ VPSs!