When setting up a virtual machine as new workstation for yourself.
Step-by-step guide
- create username - password for ROSE server for BLUELIGHT admin
- open oracle VM virtualbox manager
- click on " new"
- Create " name " for the machine , choose type of OS , usually " linux " , choose version type, usually " debian 64 bit ". Click " next"
- Allocate RAM - minimum 512 mb = if you make it a fixed setup, the RAM and HD space allocated will not be available for the Machine anymore.
- Create new Virtual hardisk, you can name it and allocate space not less than 8 Gb
- you will need to find or install an ISO of the operating system eg - debian on the System harddisk or you can boot from a OS dvd
- Once the OS is loaded on your virtual machine, you need to install it
- Choose language of installation – then choose the timezone of the country you are operating from
- Choose the keyboard style - american english
- Choose host name = usually you can choose a single word to identify you in the network, best practice to check with Network admin before choosing name
- Choose host domain name = bluelight.av
- Setup the ' root ' password carefully,and note it down . it is the super admin for your VM
- Create Username to use by system to address you in all communication and will also be the log in username that you will use. It has to start with a lowercase alphabet
- create a password for this new username
- Installer will ask you to partition disk , normally seting up LVM is good practice but for start you can just choose set up entire disk.
these options can be modified in future. - As a new user if you are unsure how to partition you new Disk space , just choose all in one option
- Go ahead , confirm the partitioning of Disk
- Choose a mirror for installing debian , it will connect with its online resource, best country to pick is" Russian federation "
- select debian archive mirror, because you have selected russian as country : choose : ftp.ru.debian.org
- HTTP option can be left blank
- Choose " no " to participate in usage survey, you can activate it later also
- Software selection, you can choose all the softwares you are aware of, incase you do not know, just choose GNOME which is a standard graphical interface which you will require
- Get ready for a long wait ... an hour maybe
- Choose yes for GRUB boot loader
- Select the path defined for installing the GRUB boot loader rather than manually defining
- Now the installation is complete, enter the password for the user you have created and start accessing your new VM
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