wget ĭownload the Windows Server 2012 R2 ISO and put it somewhere you’ll remember like your home directory. We also need to download the VirtualBox Extension Pack to enable remote access for installation, it can be downloaded from the VirtualBox downloads page or from the link below for the 4.3 compatible version.

Here’s the one I downloaded for Ubuntu 12.04 圆4. The deb file on their site does the job nicely, so just use that. You could use apt-get if you wish, but as of writing this the latest version available was 4.1 from official apt repositories and 4.2 was the latest PPA release. Note: Windows Server 2012 R2 is specifically supported by VirtualBox 4.3 and above.ĭownload the latest version of VirtualBox from their site. Running all the commands should be enough to get a basic image up and running on most servers, as long as you have the VirtualBox deb files and Windows Server ISO ready on your server. Below is the simplified process I went through to create a Window Server 2012 R2 installation, using only the command line and a single publicly accessible IP address. I’ve used VirtualBox many times before, but only with its GUI the ed.gs box is an Ubuntu server with no GUI, so it was time to get my hands dirty. I have the ed.gs dedicated server hosted by FastHosts, so I thought it would be good to create a constantly accessible Windows machine for testing and other shenanigans that arise from working with Windows networks, taking advantage of the spare resources available on the server. I’ve tried to minimise the amount of running computers in my house due to space and rising electricity costs. My current day job is basically working in numerous schools looking after their networks of computers.

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