After installing and configuring your chosen virtualization software on your local computer, the procedure for creating VMs and their disk images is as follows:
Start your virtualization software and create a new VM.
Create the necessary empty virtual disk images, remembering to keep the application and data storage on separate virtual disks.
Install the guest OS onto the VM.
Configure the guest OS networking to use DHCP to obtain an IP address.
Install the application onto the VM.
Perform necessary configuration and adjustments to ensure that the application can run and function correctly on the VM. Ensure that ICMP is accepted by the application for traffic originating from the Corente Gateway service in the CVSG-VE Location, as it is necessary for Corente monitoring.
NoteApplications can be pre-configured in the VM prior to deployment or be configured after installation remotely via either SSH or RDP, depending on the guest OS.
Test the application/OS combination in your local VirtualBox environment.
Once you are satisfied that the VM is functioning correctly, save your work, exit the application, and browse to the location on your hard drive where the VM disk image files have been stored. Hard disk images are saved as
.vdifiles, while floppy disk images are saved as.imgfiles and CD/DVD disk images are saved as.isofiles.If you are using a server to distribute the VM, copy the VM disk images to the server so they are available for download by CVSG-VE Locations. Otherwise, load the VM disk images to a USB flash drive or CD/DVD for installation on CVSG-VE Locations.
Perform final integration and system test of this VM on a CVSG-VE Location before final release.