To achieve these goals there are following major tasks to perform:
Install Virtual Box
Configure Virtual Boxs networking Install first Linux guest and configure its networking Create second guest based on a clone of the first guest Configure second guest (including networking) Test accessibility of internet from the guests Test accessibility of guests from the host Test network connectivity between the guests Below is a networking layout of our future server farm. Here is the step by step setup process: Download Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5? from Oracles eDelivery site. The media comes in four ISO CD images. Later on we will be mounting those images one by one in our guests (virtual) CD/DVD drive. Yes, this is correct, no need to bu rn CDs and place them into your physical CD drive. This whole setup can be perfor med remotely with no physical access to the PC (your server, that is). Install Virtual Box (follow installation instructions, they are quite straig htforward) Run Virtual Box, access Virtual Box preferences