How to install RemoteBox - Manage VirtualBox VMs Remotely

To Configure VirtualBox Server

Login to the respective user. Then run the below command to create a user for virtualbox.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# useradd rbox
[root@linuxhelp ~]# passwd rbox
Changing password for user rbox.
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

Next run the following command to add the virtualbox user to the vboxusers group.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# usermod -a -G vboxusers rbox
Here you need to allow the RemoteBox Port (18083) in the IPtables firewall.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 18083 -j ACCEPT

Now save and restart the iptables firewall with the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# service iptables save
iptables: Saving firewall rules to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:[  OK  ]
[root@linuxhelp ~]# service iptables restart
iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter mangle na[  OK  ]
iptables: Flushing firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]
iptables: Unloading modules:                               [  OK  ]
iptables: Applying firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]

Run the below command to create a new configuration file to configure virtualbox web service.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/default/virtualbox
Add the below lines to the file.
Entry:

VBOXWEB_USER=" rbox" 
VBOXWEB_PASSWD=” 123" 
VBOXWEB_TIMEOUT=0
VBOXWEB_LOGFILE=" /var/log/vboxwebservice.log" 
VBOXWEB_HOST=" 192.168.5.103" 

Then create the log file with the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# touch /var/log/vboxwebservice.log

Here use the following command to change the ownership for the virtualbox user and group.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown rbox:vboxusers /var/log/vboxwebservice.log

Now start the virtualbox web services with the below given command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# /etc/init.d/vboxweb-service start
Starting VirtualBox web service                            [  OK  ]

Finally enable the virtualbox web services and now the server side is ready for sharing the virtual box service.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chkconfig vboxweb-service on

To install RemoteBox Client Application

Use the package manager command on the linux distribution to install remotebox.

First download the repository file for remotebox with the below command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb
--2016-08-15 14:37:00--  http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb
Resolving archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)... 144.76.200.19
Connecting to archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)|144.76.200.19|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2380 (2.3K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb’ 

getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb      100%[=============================================================================================> ]   2.32K  --.-KB/s   in 0s     

2016-08-15 14:37:01 (205 MB/s) - ‘ getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb’  saved [2380/2380]

Then run the dpkg command to install the deb package.

root@linuxhelp:~# dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package getdeb-repository.
(Reading database ... 176941 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb ...
Unpacking getdeb-repository (0.1-1~getdeb1) ...
Setting up getdeb-repository (0.1-1~getdeb1) ...
--2016-08-15 14:37:43--  http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key
Resolving archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)... 144.76.200.19
Connecting to archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)|144.76.200.19|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1682 (1.6K) [application/pgp-keys]
Saving to: ‘ STDOUT’ 

-                                            100%[=============================================================================================> ]   1.64K  --.-KB/s   in 0s     

2016-08-15 14:37:43 (74.3 MB/s) - written to stdout [1682/1682]

OK

Next use the below command to add the key to your system.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
OK

Now update the repositories with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease                                     
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources                                    
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease                         
Get:1 http://archive.getdeb.net wily-getdeb InRelease [8,141 B]                                
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources                                           
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources                                  
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources                                             
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages                                                                                                          
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages                                                                                                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                                                                                             
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en                                                                                                       
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                                                                                                       
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                                                                                         
Fetched 142 kB in 13s (10.8 kB/s)                                                                                                                                               
Reading package lists... Done

Its time to install remotebox with apt-get-install command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install remotebox -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  freerdp-x11 libcairo-perl libclass-inspector-perl libconvert-binhex-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl libfreerdp-rail1.1 libglib-perl libgssglue1 libgtk2-perl libio-sessiondata-perl
  libmime-tools-perl libossp-uuid-perl libossp-uuid16 libpango-perl libsoap-lite-perl libtask-weaken-perl libxfreerdp-client1.1 libxmlrpc-lite-perl rdesktop
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Setting up libio-sessiondata-perl (1.03-1) ...
Setting up libmime-tools-perl (5.505-1) ...
Setting up libossp-uuid-perl (1.6.2-1.5build1) ...
Setting up libtask-weaken-perl (1.04-1) ...
Setting up libsoap-lite-perl (1.11-1) ...
Setting up libxmlrpc-lite-perl (0.717-1) ...
Setting up rdesktop (1.8.3-1) ...
Setting up remotebox (2.0-1~getdeb1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...