You can use Ops to run your local nanos in Virtual Box. You can use Ops CLI to create a .vdi image and launch a virtual machine with the image.
Pre-requisites
Ensure VBoxManage is in your shell path.
Note: If you are using WSL you may need to create a symlink in Windows filesystem with the name VBoxManage pointing to VBoxManage.exe.
Image Operations
Create Image
You can create an image with the following command.
$ ops image create <elf_file> -i <image_name> -t vbox
For creating an image using a particular package, you need to provide the package name to ops image create command with --package option.
$ ops image create -c config.json --package eyberg/node:20.5.0 -a hi.js -i js -t vbox
The Ops CLI will store the image in the directory vdi-images inside Ops default directory.
List Images
You can list existing images with ops image list -t vbox.
$ ops image list -t vbox
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+---------+------------------+
| UUID | NAME | STATUS | SIZE | CREATEDAT |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+---------+------------------+
| 01071a8d-eb59-49c1-aa69-028f84cc6d06 | nanos-main-image | online | 10.0 GB | 3 days ago |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+---------+------------------+
| 01c5bd28-aa19-4883-a4c9-31f3ff9fd061 | nanos-node-image | online | 10.0 GB | 1 month ago |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+---------+------------------+
| 01cd3190-df52-47e8-b5c3-b05f7107819e | nanos-server-image | online | 10.0 GB | 1 year ago |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+--------+---------+------------------+
Delete Image
ops image delete <imagename> can be used to delete an image.
$ ops delete image nanos-main-image -t vbox
Instance Operations
Create Instance
After creating the image, we can launch a virtual machine from an existing image.
$ ops instance create <image_name> -t vbox
List Instances
You can list the virtual machines running on Virtual Box using ops instance list command.
$ ops instance list -t vbox
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+---------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+
| ID | NAME | STATUS | PRIVATE IPS | PUBLIC IPS |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+---------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+
| 00d954cc-9603-43a0-915b-5c2ae75772b6 | nanos-main-image-15566 | running | 10.8.3.63 | 209.151.144.166 |
+--------------------------------------+------------------------+---------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+
Get Logs for Instance
ops instance logs -t vbox js-1738285116
Delete Instance
ops instance delete command can be used to delete a virtual machine.
$ ops instance delete my-instance-running -t vbox
