phpVirtualBox image installation

[clarktimothyp]

I just installed Freenas 9.10 on a Dell Poweredge 1900 (12GB Ram, 2 CoreDuo Xeon processors, 1.5TB mirrored drives) as an upgrade from an old Dell 380 that had been running Freenas 8.3 for years.

I am trying to load a bitnami 64 bit OVA in the phpVirtualBox jail using the gui, but it seems to get stuck at loading. Is it actually still loading or is it really stuck? Does phpVirtualBox support 64bit images?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

Does phpVirtualBox support 64bit images?

Yes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Make sure you enable host I/O caching on the virtual disk controller(s).

 

[depasseg]

I've got 0 experience with it, but search around. There are a couple threads that complain about very poor performance.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

performance

I suppose that depends on expectations. My Ubuntu Server VMs perform very well, but they're just hosting in-development WordPress websites.

 

[clarktimothyp]

I liked the enable host I/O caching idea, but what seems to be stuck happens before i can even bring up managing the actual machine, like the unpacking of the OVF is stuck. Can I unpack it somewhere and then get phpVirtualBox to recognize it?

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

I don't think an OVF needs to be "unpacked".

Did you verify the download to make sure it isn't corrupted?

 

[clarktimothyp]

Yes, the md5 is correct. I'm not looking for performance. I just want to test it out and see how it impacts the other plugins that I am using.

Ideally I want to host a wordpress multi-site for a non-profit that I work with and found an image from bitnami that would be perfect. I have used a turnkey image in the past and that works well, or I would install an ubuntu server and host the files that way. I have looked for other wordpress plugins for the freenas but there do not seem to be any.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

Are you able to install an OS from an ISO? Trying to figure out if it's this particular image, or a problem with your phpVirtualBox jail.

I do WordPress development on Ubuntu Server VMs using phpVirtualBox, but I'd hesitate to open one up to the internet. Have you considered a Digital Ocean VPS, or just a regular web hosting account? DreamHost offers free shared hosting for non-profits and they have a one-click installer for WordPress, as do most hosts these days. I think you'd save a lot of long-term hassle that way.

 

[pirateghost]

Yes, the md5 is correct. I'm not looking for performance. I just want to test it out and see how it impacts the other plugins that I am using.

Ideally I want to host a wordpress multi-site for a non-profit that I work with and found an image from bitnami that would be perfect. I have used a turnkey image in the past and that works well, or I would install an ubuntu server and host the files that way. I have looked for other wordpress plugins for the freenas but there do not seem to be any.

You don't need a plugin. Make a jail. Install Apache(or nginx), php, MySQL in that jail. Setup WordPress then.

 

[clarktimothyp]

Thanks for the feedback.

ISO's work, but this one particular ovf does not work and I think it is because it is 64 bit. I have my home network behind a Sophos UTM so I have a fairly decent firewall in place. Hosting it offsite would be the easiest to do but those I work with are concerned about their info of others servers. I have not moved the site off of the machine it is on now, I was just curious about the PHPVirtualBox as I had not played with it yet.

I have gotten 5 different virtual machines to work now so I feel that I have a better handle on how to get it to do what I want.

Thanks.