VirtualBox 4.1 unable install VPS

Hi,

My intentions is to get vagrant to work in VPS so that i can package images for different development environments and share among developers

I followed http://library.linode.com/custom-instan … grub-howto">http://library.linode.com/custom-instances/pv-grub-howto to set up PV-GRUP

And then i followed the https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads to install virtualbox, however. It halts as following:

addgroup: The group `vboxusers' already exists as a system group. Exiting.

  • Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]

  • Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]

  • Removing old VirtualBox pci kernel module [ OK ]

  • Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS

In the logs /var/logs/vbox-install.log:

Uninstalling modules from DKMS

Attempting to install using DKMS

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.24/source ->

/usr/src/vboxhost-4.1.24

DKMS: add Completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping…

Building module:

cleaning build area….

make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.32-45-generic-pae -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-45-generic-pae/build M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.24/build………………..

cleaning build area….

DKMS: build Completed.

vboxdrv.ko:

Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module

  • No original module exists within this kernel

  • Installation

  • Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-45-generic-pae/updates/dkms/

vboxnetflt.ko:

Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module

  • No original module exists within this kernel

  • Installation

  • Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-45-generic-pae/updates/dkms/

vboxnetadp.ko:

Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module

  • No original module exists within this kernel

  • Installation

  • Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-45-generic-pae/updates/dkms/

vboxpci.ko:

Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module

  • No original module exists within this kernel

  • Installation

  • Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-45-generic-pae/updates/dkms/

depmod….

DKMS: install Completed.

The log looks okey to me, no error messages, however. I unable to use virtualbox. If i do 'VBoxManage -v' then:

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module

available for the current kernel (2.6.32-45-generic-pae) or it failed to

load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

4.1.24r82872

Then if i run sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup and it stops with:

  • Running VirtualBox in a Xen environment is not supported

How to boot in none Xen environment? ..is that going to effect my current mysql/apache services?

Thank You

6 Replies

Running VirtualBox in a Xen environment is not supported. As Linode uses Xen virtualization, VirtualBox will not work on Linode. Since Vagrant requires VirtualBox to operate, Vagrant will not work on Linode.

That said, it looks like Vagrant's developers are working on making it work with other virtualization systems. Once that's done, it will probably be pretty easy to make Vagrant work with Linode directly via the API.

Thank You HappyCat for clear answer. Do we have anticipated date when VB will be supported?

thanks again

You mean when Vagrant will no longer require VirtualBox, and will work with other virtualization systems (e.g. Linode)? You'd have to ask them.

Or do you mean when VirtualBox will work under Xen? It should be ready to ship by February 30th of next year.

For what it's worth, Vagrant 1.1 now exists, and has support for other virtualization providers. Time to start working on Linode provider support :-)

@hoopycat:

For what it's worth, Vagrant 1.1 now exists, and has support for other virtualization providers. Time to start working on Linode provider support :-)

I hear a certain other competitor has one already… ;)

@trippeh:

I hear a certain other competitor has one already… ;)

Clarification: one of their users made a provider, nutting official or anything.

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