VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a free Oracle product that enables you to run a virtual machine on your workstation.

You can run Windows or Linux virtual machine on your Macintosh or Linux workstation, Windows or Linux virtual machine on your Windows workstation.

Installation

• VirtualBox installation and configuration on Macintosh
• VirtualBox installation and configuration on Windows

How to use VirtualBox

• Send CTRL-ALT-DELETE to a Windows Virtual Box computer from a Macintosh

Virtual machine configuration

• Configure the Ubuntu virtual machine in VirtualBox
• Configure the Windows virtual machine in VirtualBox
• Resize the VirtualBox image hard drive
• Nested VirtualBox virtual machine on a VirtualBox virtual machine
• Connect to a database in a Docker container from a VirtualBox virtual machine

Troubleshooting

• Git Bash and Command Prompt cannot see the VirtualBox shared folder on Windows 10 guest
• Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V error in VirtualBox
• Unable to insert the virtual optical disk in an Ubuntu virtual machine