4.2. Installing Virtuozzo Guest Tools

Virtuozzo 7 ships with the guest tools for Linux and Windows virtual machines. The guest tools allow you to:

  • Configure virtual machine and container network,
  • Set passwords,
  • Run commands inside containers or VMs from the host,
  • Enter containers or VMs,
  • Change SIDs,
  • Perform graceful shutdowns,
  • Manage devices.

In addition, Virtuozzo guest tools also contain the autoballooning driver.

To install guest tools inside a VM myvm, do the following:

  1. Mount the guest tools image to the VM:

    # prlctl installtools myvm
  2. Connect to the VM either via VNC (as described previously in this homework) or SSH if your VM already has an IP address set manually or via DHCP:

    # ssh root@<VM_IP_addr>
  3. Run the guest tools installer inside the VM:

    # mkdir /mnt/cdrom
    # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
    # /mnt/cdrom/install

The guest tools are installed.