Time for action – running your very own remote virtual LAMP server

In this exercise, I'll show you how to get the Turnkey Linux LAMP appliance and install it as a remote virtual machine in your Ubuntu headless VirtualBox server.

1. First you need to download the Turnkey Linux LAMP ISO image from http://www.turnkeylinux.org/lamp, and upload it to your headless VirtualBox server, as in the Time for action – uploading a guest ISO image to your headless server section of this chapter.

2. Once the Turnkey LAMP ISO image is uploaded, you need to create a new virtual machine named TurnkeyLAMPVB. Open a PuTTY terminal window to connect to your Ubuntu headless server, and type VBoxManage createvm --name "TurnkeyLAMPVB" --register followed by Enter to create your new virtual machine.

3. Now type VBoxManage modifyvm "TurnkeyLAMPVB" --ostype "Ubuntu" --memory 384 --boot1 dvd --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0 followed by Enter to define the basic parameters for your new virtual machine, and use the bridged networking...