Comments on: Installing a virtual Ubuntu LAMP-server on Mac OS X using VirtualBox

By: J Galt

J Galt — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:41:17 +0000

I am trying to install Ubuntu Server v11.04 and some of your steps are no longer working.

For example:

Enable the userdir module and restart or reload the Apache webserver.
sudo a2enmod userdir
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

Does anyone know where I can find instructions for installing an Ubuntu 11 LAMP server on a Mac running VirtualBox?

I am looking for instructions for a newbie that has no Linux experience.

By: links for 2010-03-12

links for 2010-03-12 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:07:19 +0000

[...] Johan's Blog » Installing a virtual Ubuntu LAMP-server on Mac OS X using VirtualBox Just spent the evening geeking out and installing a VirtualBox VM of Ubuntu Server 9.10 on my macbook. This article was a great help, as were the really good Ubuntu docs. Ubuntu has definitely been the easiest Linux package to install – and management seems quite a breeze too. I had just got comfortable with CentOS/Redhat… I'm now wondering if I should switch. (tags: ubuntu linux virtualization macosx) [...]

By: johan

johan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:14:58 +0000

@Holger Thanx. I have recently updated VirtualBox and noticed that they changed the user interface. So maybe I should write a new post or update this one.

By: Holger

Holger — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:25:32 +0000

@johan Hi Johan, I got it to work. In VirtualBox Menu -> Preferences you should go to the network tab. Create a host-only network adapter with an IP and enable DHCP. Within your VM create a second network adapter and select host-only and your created NIC. No, you can set a static IP within your VM and the same address range and this works even if your macbook is not connected to any network. Now I can test everything without being connected and if I am connected, my linux box have full internet access. If my description was too short, please contact me to get further information. If this works for you, you should update your helpful guide.

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By: johan

johan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:34:53 +0000

I have accessed the virtual server on my MacBook from another computer in the home network, but not from outside. I don’t think my ISP allows running servers accessible from the internet.

By: moe

moe — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:33:22 +0000

wondering if its possible to run a remote web server that way? what settings would need to be changed or can you point me to the right direction?

By: Johan Mares » Installing Zend Server CE on Ubuntu

Johan Mares » Installing Zend Server CE on Ubuntu — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:49:47 +0000

[...] (8.04 LTS) with OpenSSH server as the only extra software package, no LAMP. I already posted an article on how to install a virtual Ubuntu server on Mac OS X using VirtualBox, so I will not repeat it [...]

By: Swift Arrow

Swift Arrow — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:48:18 +0000

If you don’t mind, I’ll just dump all the information I can find here…
During the install of Ubuntuserver, you are asked for the MySQL root password.
After installing phpmyadmin,
open host’s browser, go to http://guest.ip/phpmyadmin and use username: root password: whatever you chose.

By: Swift Arrow

Swift Arrow — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:28:07 +0000

And another comment: when editing fstab, if anything goes wrong, you can just copy back the original backup (sudo cp /etc/fstab.backup /etc/fstab)
also, to append to the end of the line in vi, press “a” (the a key) then enter the info on a new line. If your userid is not 1000, then change accordingly.