1Rex::Box::VBox(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Rex::Box::VBox(3)
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6 Rex::Box::VBox - Rex/Boxes VirtualBox Module
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9 This is a Rex/Boxes module to use VirtualBox VMs.
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12 To use this module inside your Rexfile you can use the following
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15 use Rex::Commands::Box;
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18 task "prepare_box", sub {
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22 $box->name("mybox");
23 $box->url("http://box.rexify.org/box/ubuntu-server-12.10-amd64.ova");
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25 $box->network(1 => {
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29 $box->network(1 => {
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34 $box->forward_port(ssh => [2222, 22]);
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36 $box->share_folder(myhome => "/home/myuser");
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43 $box->setup("setup_task");
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47 If you want to use a YAML file you can use the following template.
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59 setup: setup_task
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61 And then you can use it the following way in your Rexfile.
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63 use Rex::Commands::Box init_file => "file.yml";
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70 It is also possible to run VirtualBox in headless mode. This only works
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74 set box_options => { headless => TRUE };
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77 See also the Methods of Rex::Box::Base. This module inherits all
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80 new(name => $vmname)
81 Constructor if used in OO mode.
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83 my $box = Rex::Box::VBox->new(name => "vmname");
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86 Creates a shared folder inside the VM with the content from a folder
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95 Returns a hashRef of vm information.
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98 This method return the ip of a vm on which the ssh daemon is listening.
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102perl v5.28.0 2017-03-01 Rex::Box::VBox(3)