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VirtualBox in PHP-AJAX
- samwillis 16y agoIf this had an ajax VNC-like interface as well it would be very interesting but on its own it is just a simple admin tool where they have used JavaScript to imitate the native app. StackVM (http://stackvm.com/ http://stackvm.com/) by pkrumins is much more interesting as a project. EDIT: Just noticed that they do seem to have something they are calling a "detached" console. http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/images/phpvb8.png http://phpvirtualbox.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/images/phpvb8.p... My apologies for saying its not interesting, it now is.
- e1ven 16y agoThey didn't write the "detached" console functionality- They're using Sun's flash RDP client. It's a nice piece of tech, but it's licensed under the same license as the rest of Virtual Box, the Personal-Use Evaluation License. That means it's fine for test and home projects, but you can't base a product on it.
- omh 16y agoThe Virtualbox PUEL license allows commercial use as long as it's only being used by one person. And that person has to actually install it themselves. No good for many scenarios, but we use it at work under this clause. It is possible to purchase a license as well, although I don't think there's a public price and I dread to think what Oracle want to charge
- nowarninglabel 16y agoI'm trying to find out if we are already a Oracle enterprise customer if this is covered or not. Is that something general knowledge or do I have to contact an Oracle rep?
- omh 16y agoI've never purchased VirtualBox, but there is now at least an email address at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ
- StavrosK 16y agoThat's fantastic, good job!
- timmorgan 16y agoAre people using VirtualBox on servers these days, a la VMWare ESX? I thought it was a desktop-only tool -- this seems to make it a viable replacement for ESX and puts it ahead of KVM in the tools department, no?
- jbester 16y agoIt's more a replacement for VMWare Server than VMWare ESX. I think KVM/Xen are closer to ESX. VirtualBox ships with a webservice that you can write custom front-ends against (or script against). Most of the VM tools seems to miss an ability to branch a VM (i.e. take a snapshot and break it off as a seperate instance). This would be hugely useful for installer testing.
- omh 16y agoI'm pretty sure that Virtualbox machines can be cloned, and they'll clone the latest snapshot. It's not easily exposed in the GUI though.
- hack_rohan 16y agolooks impressive !
- rw- 16y agonothing special...
- rw- 16y agoThanks for down voting me... Sorry, but I'm not satisfied by a random php/ajax webinterface.
- timmorgan 16y agoRandom? This is a one-of-a-kind (AFAIK) tool for managing VirtualBox over the web. The fact that it is PHP is less important than that it exists at all and will be useful to many people who manage VirtualBox running on a server without a GUI.
- noglorp 16y agoPut you to 0 out of pity.
- rw- 16y agohehe, thanks :-)
- seldo 16y agoWe use X11 forwarding to get this interface on our local machines with little fuss. Of course, you still have to log into the box via ssh to run the client, but that doesn't seem too onerous.