© David Both 2020
D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 1https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5049-5_4

4. Preparation

David Both1 
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will
  • Choose a computer host on which to install VirtualBox and a virtual machine (VM) on which you can perform the experiments

  • Install VirtualBox on the hardware you chose

  • Create a small VM with which to safely perform experiments

  • Configure the virtual network adapter as needed for this course

Overview

There are some tasks that need to be accomplished in order to prepare for the experiments in this Linux training course. Most lab environments use physical machines for training purposes, but this course will ultimately use at least two Linux hosts in a private network in ...

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