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1.1.16 Lab - Install A Virtual Machine On A Personal Computer - Answer Key

This document provides instructions for installing a virtual machine on a personal computer using VirtualBox. It describes downloading and installing VirtualBox, downloading a virtual machine image file, importing the image into VirtualBox, starting the virtual machine, and getting familiar with the virtual machine environment.

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1.1.16 Lab - Install A Virtual Machine On A Personal Computer - Answer Key

This document provides instructions for installing a virtual machine on a personal computer using VirtualBox. It describes downloading and installing VirtualBox, downloading a virtual machine image file, importing the image into VirtualBox, starting the virtual machine, and getting familiar with the virtual machine environment.

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Lab - Install a Virtual Machine on a Personal Computer

Objectives
Part 1: Prepare a Computer for Virtualization
Part 2: Import a Virtual Machine into VirtualBox Inventory

Background / Scenario
Computing power and resources have increased tremendously over the last 10 years. A benefit of having
multicore processors and large amounts of RAM is the ability to use virtualization. With virtualization, one or
more virtual computers can operate inside a single physical computer. Virtual computers that run within
physical computers are called virtual machines. Virtual machines are often called guests, and physical
computers are often called hosts. Anyone with a modern computer and operating system can run virtual
machines.
A virtual machine image file has been created for you to install on your computer. In this lab, you will
download and import this image file using a desktop virtualization application, such as VirtualBox.

Required Resources
 Computer with a minimum of 2 GB of RAM and 40 GB of free disk space
 High speed internet access to download Oracle VirtualBox and the virtual machine image file
Note: The image file is about 2.5 GB, and can grow up to 32 GB after the virtual machine is in operation.
While you can delete the image file after the virtual machine is imported, the 40 GB free disk space
requirement is for users who decide to keep the image file.
Note: To install and run 64bit virtual machines on a host physical computer, the computer needs to be a 64bit
system and have hardware virtualization technology enabled in BIOS. If you are unable to install the virtual
machine image you may need to reboot your computer and enter setup mode in BIOS to enable hardware
virtualization technology under advanced system settings.

Instructions

Part 1: Prepare a Host Computer for Virtualization


In Part 1, you will download and install desktop virtualization software, and also download an image file that
can be used to complete labs throughout the course. For this lab, the virtual machine is running Linux.

Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox.


VMware Workstation Player and Oracle VirtualBox are two virtualization programs that you can download and
install to support the image file. In this lab, you will use VirtualBox.
a. Navigate to https://www.virtualbox.org.
b. Choose and download the appropriate installation file based on your operating system.
c. When you have downloaded the VirtualBox installation file, run the installer and accept the default
installation settings.

Step 2: Download the Virtual Machine image file.


The image file was created in accordance with the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). OVF is an open
standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances. An OVF package has several files placed into one

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directory. This directory is then distributed as an OVA package. This package contains all the OVF files
necessary for the deployment of the virtual machine. The virtual machine used in this lab was exported in
accordance with the OVF standard.
Click here to download the CSE-LABVM virtual machine image file.
Note: This file is 2.5 GB in size, and it may take over an hour to download, depending on the speed of your
internet connection.

Part 2: Import the Virtual Machine into the VirtualBox Inventory


In Part 2, you will import the virtual machine image into VirtualBox and start the virtual machine.

Step 1: Import the virtual machine file into VirtualBox.


a. Open VirtualBox. Click File > Import Appliance... to import the virtual machine image.
b. A new window will appear. Specify the location of the .OVA file.
c. The appliance settings appear. In the Machine Base Folder field, you may need to click on the dropdown
arrow and change the destination by selecting Other and browsing to a folder (you can use your user’s
Documents folder). Set the MAC Address Policy to Generate new MAC addresses for all network
adapters. Leave all other settings as default. Click Import.
d. When the import process is complete, you will see the new Virtual Machine added to the VirtualBox
inventory in the left panel. The virtual machine is now ready to use.

Step 2: Start the virtual machine and log in.


a. In the inventory shown on the left, select the virtual machine you wish to use.
b. Click the Start button. It is the green arrow located at the top portion of the VirtualBox application window.
A new window will appear, and the virtual machine boot process will start.
Note: If the virtual machine fails to start, either disable the USB Controller by going into the virtual
machine’s settings and unchecking the USB controller setting under USB, or go to the VirtualBox
download webpage and download and install the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack.
c. When the boot process is complete, the virtual machine will automatically login and load the desktop. If
you need superuser access at anytime, use the following credentials:
Username: cisco
Password: password
Note: The window running the virtual machine is a completely different computer than your host. Functions
such as copy and paste will not work between the two without changing the default settings in VirtualBox.
Notice the keyboard and mouse focus. When you click inside the virtual machine window, your mouse and
keyboard will operate the guest operating system. Your host operating system will no longer detect
keystrokes or mouse movements. Press the right CTRL key to return keyboard and mouse focus to the host
operating system.

Step 3: Familiarize yourself with the Virtual Machine.


Use the CSE-LABVM virtual machine you just installed to complete the labs that require Ubuntu in this
course. Familiarize yourself with the icons in the list below:
The launcher icons are on the left (from top to bottom):
 cisco's Home - home directory for the user, cisco
 DPI Scanling - shortcut command for increasing the resolution
 Firefox Web Browser - internet browser

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 jcryptool - cryptography and cryptanalysis tool


 Keyboard - quick access to change your keyboard layout
 Terminal - command line access
 Wireshark - packet sniffer and network protocol analyzer
a. Open the terminal application. Type the ip address command at the prompt to determine the IP address
of your virtual machine.
Question:

What are the IP addresses assigned to your virtual machine?


Type your answers here.
b. Locate and launch the web browser application.
Question:

Can you navigate to your favorite search engine?


Type your answers here.
c. Press the right ctrl key to release the cursor from the virtual machine. Now go to the menu at the top of
the virtual machine window and choose File > Close to close the virtual machine.
Question:

What options are available?


Type your answers here.
d. Click the Save the machine state radio button and then click OK. The next time you start the virtual
machine, you will be able to resume working in the operating system in its current state.

Reflection
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a virtual machine?
Type your answers here.

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Answer Key
Part 1: Prepare a Host Computer for Virtualization

Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox.

Step 2: Download the Virtual Machine image file.

Part 2: Import the Virtual Machine into the VirtualBox Inventory

Step 1: Import the virtual machine file into VirtualBox.

Step 2: Start the virtual machine and log in.

Step 3: Familiarize yourself with the Virtual Machine.


What are the IP addresses assigned to your virtual machine?
Answers will vary. The loopback interface is assigned 127.0.0.1/8, and the Ethernet interface is
assigned an IP address in the 10.0.2.15/24 network.
Can you navigate to your favorite search engine?
Yes
What options are available?
Save the machine state, Send the shutdown signal and power off the machine

Reflection
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a virtual machine?
With a virtual machine, you are able to test new applications or operating systems without affecting
your host machine. You are also able to save the current machine state when you close virtual
machine. If you have any issues, you have the option to revert the virtual machine to a previously
saved state. Disadvantages are that a virtual machine requires hardware resources from the host
machine, such as hard drive space, RAM, and processing power.
End of document

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