Virtualbox Virtual Machines

This is the official virtual machine for the School of Computer Science.

• SoCS VM - This VM mirrors the linux.socs.uoguelph.ca/NoMachine environment

1. Download the Windows Hosts version of VirtualBox here: Virtualbox Windows Download
2. Run the downloaded installer
3. Click Next, accepting the default suggestions, and finally click Yes, and then Install.
4. If a message appears asking “Do you want to allow the app to make changes to your device?”, choose Yes.
5. When the installation has completed, click Finish. You can now open Virtualbox and set up your VM.

1. Download the version of VirtualBox for your Mac here:
   • Virtulbox for Intel Mac
   • Virtualbox for M1/M2 Mac
2. Open the downloaded file
3. Double click VirtualBox.pkg
4. Click Continue, and then click Install
5. If prompted, enter your password and continue
6. If the install succeeds, you are done. If not follow the next steps
7. Open System Preferences, and select Security and Privacy
8. You should see a message “System software from Oracle was blocked from loading. Click “Allow”.
9. Open the VirtualBox installer and run though the process again. This time the installation should succeed.

1. Open System Preferences, Choose Security & Privacy, and click the Privacy Tab
2. Click “Click the lock to make changes” and enter your username and password”
3. Select Accessibility from the list.
4. If you see VirtualBox listed in the options, ensure the box beside it is checked
5. If the option is not listed, click the + button, navigate to Applications, Click on VirtualBox and choose Open.
6. Ensure that the check box beside VirtualBox is checked
7. Select Input Monitoring in the list, and do the same steps as above

Downloads for Virtualbox for other platforms can be found here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_6_1

1. Download desired VM Image from the Download Links above
2. Extract the downloaded zip file into a directory of your choosing. This archive contains the disk image for the Virtual Machine.
3. Choose “New”. Input Debian Linux (64bit) and a name to identify the VM by. Click Continue.
4. Set the RAM size. 1024MB is recommended. Click Continue.
5. Select the SocSVM disk image that you downloaded earlier. To do this, choose “Use an existing virtual hard drive file”, and click the folder icon to the right of that menu. Navigate to where you extracted the hard disk file in step 3 and choose open. Click create.
6. Choose “Start” to start up your VM.
7. Login: The default username is socs (all lower case) and the password is socs. It is recommended that you change this password after logging in. This can be done by opening a terminal and running the passwd command.

These steps are required on Mac OSX Catalina if your Virtual Machine crashes when starting up

1. Click on the VM in the listing, then choose Settings along the top menu
2. Select the Audio tab, and uncheck Enable Audio
3. Click OK to save the setting and then restart the VM. It should now start up properly.

• If the display is too large or too small, it can be changed in Settings > Display