What is a virtual machine monitor?
A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines. A computer on which a hypervisor runs one or more virtual machines is called a host machine, and each virtual machine is called a guest machine. The hypervisor presents the guest operating systems with a virtual operating platform and manages the execution of the guest operating systems.
VirtualBox
The hypervisor we have chosen to work with is Oracle VM VirtualBox, which is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization, developed by Oracle Corporation.
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Download and install VirtualBox
- Visit Virtualbox's webpage for download and installation.
- Open Virtualbox and create a new virtual machine by clicking the "New" button.
- A new window will then open. You may here specify the name of your new virtual machine.
