New checklist for standing up servers in the VirtualBox UCS domain

New checklist for standing up servers in the VirtualBox UCS domain

It's dev! Don't disable your firewalls in production! Don't run with scissors, either, kids.

 1.

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses 192.168.x.x

Rename-Computer "Servername" -restart

2.

Add-Computer –domainname "mydomain"  -restart

3.

sconfig, enable remote desktop

shut down

set 1st network adapter to bridged instead of NAT

enable bidrectional clipboard

enable 2nd network adapter

4.

log in via RDP and then

In Command Prompt as Adminsitrator

sc config vds start=auto

net start vds

In powershell as administrator

Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False

enable-psremoting

Install-WindowsFeature -Name Failover-Clustering -IncludeManagementTools -Restart

Ubuntu: Errors when installing VirtualBox

I want to install VirtualBox on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host, so I run:

sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-ext-pack virtualbox-guest-additions-iso

which gives me THIS ugly mess

Setting up virtualbox-dkms (6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-36-generic
Building initial module for 5.8.0-36-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
 installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox:
 virtualbox depends on virtualbox-dkms (>= 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1) | virtualbox-source (>= 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubu
ntu1.20.04.1) | virtualbox-modules; however:
  Package virtualbox-dkms is not configured yet.
  Package virtualbox-source is not installed.
  Package virtualbox-modules is not installed.
    Package virtualbox-dkms which provides virtualbox-modules is not configured yet.
  
  

  dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-ext-pack:
   virtualbox-ext-pack depends on virtualbox (>= 6.1.10-dfsg-0~) | virtualbox-6.1; however:
    Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
    Package virtualbox-6.1 is not installed.
   virtualbox-ext-pack depends on virtualbox (<< 6.1.10-dfsg-z) | virtualbox-6.1; however:
    Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
    Package virtualbox-6.1 is not installed.
  
  

  dpkNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                               No app
  ort report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                      No apport repor
  t written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                 g: error processing package virtualbox-ext-pack (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
   virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1); however:
    Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
  

  dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-qt (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
  Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
  Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.1) ...
  Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.3) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
  Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.15-1) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   virtualbox-dkms
   virtualbox
   virtualbox-ext-pack
   virtualbox-qt
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  

  

  

So now, I'm going with Plan B.

• sudo apt-get install software–properties–common
• wget –q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
• wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
• sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian focal contrib"
• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1

However, I *still* get the same error.

Loading new virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-36-generic
Building initial module for 5.8.0-36-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
 installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Setting up python2.7 (2.7.18-1~20.04) ...
Setting up libpython2-stdlib:amd64 (2.7.17-2ubuntu4) ...
Setting up python2 (2.7.17-2ubuntu4) ...
Setting up python-is-python2 (2.7.17-4) ...
Setting up virtualbox-6.1 (6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~eoan) ...
Adding group `vboxusers' (GID 134) ...
Done.
Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack (6.1.10-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1) ...
removing old virtualbox extension packs
virtualbox-ext-pack: downloading: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.10/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_
Pack-6.1.10.vbox-extpack
The file will be downloaded into /usr/share/virtualbox-ext-pack
License accepted.
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.15-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The difference is, this time VirtualBox starts.

Interestingly, when I start VirtualBox, I am immediately chastised for having an out of date version of the extensions (!), and it walks me through downloading and applying the latest version.