From: Matt Birkholz <matt@birchwood-abbey.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:07:03 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Punt VBoxManage unattended install, and startvm headless.
X-Git-Url: https://birchwood-abbey.net/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=53145f425df48e6421984c5620d55f0d6f5c04b1;p=Institute

Punt VBoxManage unattended install, and startvm headless.

Start new machines on the default NAT and prepare them there, then
move them to the simulated campus.
---

diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 6be2474..681fdc4 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -6818,22 +6818,16 @@ function create_vm {
   VBoxManage storageattach $NAME --storagectl "IDE Controller" \
       --port 0 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium $ISO
   VBoxManage modifyvm $NAME --boot1 dvd --boot2 disk
-  VBoxManage unattended install $NAME --iso=$ISO \
-      --locale en_US --country US \
-      --hostname $NAME.small.private \
-      --user=sysadm --password=fubar \
-      --full-user-name=System\ Administrator
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
 After this shell function creates a VM, its network interface is
-typically attached to the NAT network ~premises~, simulating the
-Internet connected network where actual hardware will be prepared.
+attached to the default NAT network, simulating the Internet connected
+network where actual hardware is prepared.
 
 Here are the commands needed to create the test machine ~front~ with
 512MiB of RAM and 4GiB of disk and the Debian 11.3.0 release in its
-CDROM drive, to put ~front~ on the Internet connected NAT network
-~premises~, and to boot ~front~ into the Debian installer.
+CDROM drive.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
 NAME=front
@@ -6841,8 +6835,6 @@ RAM=512
 DISK=4096
 ISO=~/Downloads/debian-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
 create_vm
-VBoxManage modifyvm $NAME --nic1 natnetwork --natnetwork1 premises
-VBoxManage startvm $NAME --type headless
 #+END_SRC
 
 The machine's console should soon show the installer's first prompt:
@@ -6917,6 +6909,7 @@ it gets a second network interface attached to the host-only network
 ~vboxnet1~ and is given the local address ~192.168.57.3~.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+VBoxManage modifyvm front --nic1 natnetwork --natnetwork1 premises
 VBoxManage modifyvm front --nic2 hostonly --hostonlyadapter2 vboxnet1
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -6946,14 +6939,11 @@ instructions in the final section: [[* Ansible Test Authorization][Ansible Test
 
 The ~gate~ machine is created with the same amount of RAM and disk as
 ~front~.  Assuming the ~RAM~, ~DISK~, and ~ISO~ shell variables have
-not changed, ~gate~ can be created with two commands, then connected
-to NAT network ~premesis~ and booted with two more.
+not changed, ~gate~ can be created with two commands.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
 NAME=gate
 create_vm
-VBoxManage modifyvm gate --nic1 natnetwork --natnetwork1 premises
-VBoxManage startvm gate --type headless
 #+END_SRC
 
 After Debian is installed (as detailed in [[*A Test Machine][A Test Machine]]) and the
@@ -7017,8 +7007,6 @@ NAME=core
 RAM=2048
 DISK=6144
 create_vm
-VBoxManage modifyvm core --nic1 natnetwork --natnetwork1 premises
-VBoxManage startvm core --type headless
 #+END_SRC
 
 After Debian is installed (as detailed in [[*A Test Machine][A Test Machine]]) and the
@@ -7192,9 +7180,8 @@ NAME=dick
 RAM=2048
 DISK=8192
 create_vm
-VBoxManage modifyvm $NAME --nic1 hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1
 VBoxManage modifyvm $NAME --macaddress1 080027dc54b5
-VBoxManage startvm $NAME --type headless
+VBoxManage modifyvm $NAME --nic1 hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1
 #+END_SRC
 
 Dick's notebook, ~dick~, is initially connected to the host-only