04 09-2018--clone vm
- 1. How do I clone my virtual machine, so that the clone has the following specifications? {hostname: blue, new_vm_can_ping_google?: yes}
- 2. 1. Open Virtual Box, and right click on the box you want to clone. Enter a name for the cloned machine.
- 3. 2. After hitting next, we want to select ‘Full clone’
- 4. 3. Next, select ‘Everything’ When asking which snapshots to be cloned as well. Press Clone after.
- 5. 4. Once completed we should see our new VM.
- 6. 5. Now start the VM. We want to change the host name permanently to ‘blue’. • To do this we need to edit the ‘HOSTNAME’ file in the /etc/ directory as the root user. • Execute ‘cd /etc/’ to get to the /etc/ directory. • Next execute ‘vim HOSTNAME’ • Our file will appear as so :
- 7. 6. Now we edit the file to change the ‘red’ to ‘blue’ • Type in ‘:e’ to edit the file. • Ensure you are in ‘insert’ mode ( click on the insert button ) you should see “– INSERT –” bolded in the bottom left corner. • Edit ‘red.lab.ubnetdef’ to ‘blue.lab.ubnetdef’ • Once edited, escape out of insert mode ( hit escape 3 times ) and then enter in ‘:wq’ to save the file once done
- 8. 7. Reboot the system by executing ‘reboot’ • Once rebooted you can execute the command ‘hostname’ and it should print ‘blue’. You have successfully cloned and changed the hostname of a machine!