VM Joomla Stack in VirtualBox

I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to install the Joomla VM (Ubuntu) stack in VirtualBox. I checked out the video showing how it works in VMWare, but this didn’t really help.

I have the package extracted and can see one vmx file and ten vmdk files. I set up a new Linux VM in VirtualBox and then tried adding the various vmdk files as Devices to boot from, but this doesn’t work because VirtualBox seems to only accept CD/DVD or Floppy images.

I’m obviously missing something here, but having always used CD images for installations before, I’m baffled as to what I do to get vmdk files working.

Hi,

You should create a new Virtual Image and when the wizzard request you a new hard disk you should select the BitNami Joomla vmdk file (the vmdk file without any number). I hope it helps.

Finally figured out how to get Bitnami running in VirtualBox, which involves a different process entirely from VMWare.

After unpacking the file into a directory, use the VirtualBox Virtual Media Manager to mount the Bitnami vmdk file and then create a new machine. When the setup reaches the point where a hard drive has to be configured, select the mounted vmdk file NOT a new drive. The machine will then start up in a terminal and force a new password setup. After that, the machine will start normally in terminal mode.

The problem I still have is that despite having the server running, I cannot reach it via a browser. The IP address given doesn’t work. I tried forcing a change to a different IP address, but that failed also.

I’ll keep plugging away at this problem, but if anyone has encountered it before and knows the answer, I’d be grateful for any advice.

Hi Beltran,

Thanks for the reply. Your post coincided with my own, which said pretty much the same thing.

My only problem now is that I can’t get to the Joomla web page, because the IP address given by the VM doesn’t work. ifconfig returns info only about lo, there is no eth0 detail appearing, although this was visible earlier when I booted the machine.

bitnami@linux~$ ifconfig

lo Link encap: Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 Errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 Errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0. B)

bitnami@linux~$

Hi,

Does the virtual appliance the network interface enabled in the Virtual Box panel? Check that the network is confiugred as “bridge”. Have you tried “ifconfig eth0 up”? You can find more info about this at http://bitnami.org/faq/virtual_machines

Thanks for that Beltran. I’m getting there!

I had to reinstall the machine to get the eth0 problem sorted and changing the network setting from NAT to Bridged got me browser access from within the network, so I can see and work on Joomla now.

I still have to sort out how to make the server visible from the Web though.

Hi,

I think this post will be helpful for you. using dyndns.org and open a port in your router you can publish your BitNami Joomla! to internet: http://bitnami.org/article/how-to-install-and-m…

Hi Beltran,

Thanks for all the help. I got everything running and visible. Very impressed with Bitnami stacks.