On ubuntu I had to install this before it would run :

sudo apt-get install python-simplejson

You could also have followed the OSX instructions for installing simplejson.

You're right though, this document is missing a "linux" section.

hello why i don't connect VM on vboxweb page. I start vm and power on the vrdp

I am getting the following error when attempting to run vboxweb:

# python VBoxWebSrv.py

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 364

@cherrypy.expose ^

I have run through the order as listed above (This is on Solaris 10 X86). The cherrypy directory is located at my "root" location of the VBoxWebSrv.py. I.e. -

# ls -F cherrypy/ VBoxWeb.conf VBoxWebSrv.py www/

Am I missing something here - like does my "root" directory need to be someplace specific? It's just a subdirectory of my home directory.

Thanks

Please could you clarify the installation instructions for MacOSX? I, personally, don't know Python as a language so perhaps my problems are due to this than MacOS (I'm a newbie on Mac as well).

When I tried to start the webserver I got the following exception:

9936h1j:vboxweb-read-only steve$ python VBoxWebSrv.pyTraceback (most recent call last):

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 45, in <module>

import vboxapi

So I tried to reinstall the bindings and I got:

9936h1j:installer steve$ python vboxapisetup.py install Traceback (most recent call last):

File "vboxapisetup.py", line 61, in <module>

main(sys.argv)

File "vboxapisetup.py", line 43, in main

raise Exception("No VBOX_INSTALL_PATH defined, exiting")

What directory should I set for VBOX_INSTALL_PATH ?

I wondered if the existing "vboxapi" directory had already installed the bindings as I am on version 3.0.4 of VirtualBox? so I set PYTHONPATH in my environment to:

PYTHONPATH=/Applications/VirtualBox?.app/Contents/MacOS/sdk/installer/vboxapi

However I still got the same error on the import of the "vboxapi" module.

By the way there is an error with the current installation. When you execute the "python setup.py install" in SimpleJSON 2.0.9 without the setuptools being present it attempts to fetch version "6c7" for you and receives an HTTP 404 not found error. I had to change line 17 of ez-setup.py to: DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6c9" to pick up the current version of the setuptools in the simplejson-2.0.9 directory.

Hi,

Finally a web console for virtualbox ...

Do you have a link for bugtracking ?

Many Thanks ...

@christophe.loiacono: The bug tracker is located here.

hi,

Thanks for this project and good luck !!

Just how do we add a VM on the pane because I see nothing and no find a way to do it ...

Installing on CentOS 5.3 and getting this error:

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 500

print "%s update, %d machines modified" %("full" if updateType is 0 else "differential", len(arrMach))

^

Please advice

Is there any way to run this as a deamon?

File "c:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\vboxapi\init.py", line 175

except AttributeError?,e:

^

Please add OpenSolaris? installation instructions!

OK? :)

I got it installed, but it wont show any vm ?

What might be the problem ?

err.... on linux i managed to start the web server, but it doens't seem to find any VM - all i get is an empty properties page. also the "create new vm" and "logout" buttons don't work (choosing the actions from the drop down menu above works).

Any guesses on this error?

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 516, in <module>

g_virtualBoxManager = vboxapi.VirtualBoxManager?(None, None)

File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\vboxapi\init.py", line 471, in init

exec "self.platform = Platform"+style+"(platparams)"

File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\vboxapi\init.py", line 220, in init

win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch?('VirtualBox?.CallbackWrapper?')

File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 540, in EnsureDispatch?

disp_class = CLSIDToClass.GetClass?(str(disp_clsid))

File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\CLSIDToClass.py", line 46, in GetClass?

return mapCLSIDToClassclsid?

any ideea why it won't display all elements? it's instaled on opensolaris 2009.06 and vbox 3.0.6

I installed vboxweb on a Vista 32 bit machine according to the above instructions and everything went well. Vboxserver starts all right, but when I try to launch a VM, in the console window which opens I have only this :

@mirceandrei - Its running headlesss, you need to connect to it with RDP.

@vboxweb admins I have ubu server 8.10 with python 2.4 by default and 2.6 as secondary. I have installed the virtual box line in my apt sources installed vbox 3 but there seems to be no sdk install for the python. so I cannot move forward. Can you tell me how to install the api without that file?

I'm on Vista 64-bit and have been having one heck of a time with getting the server to run. There's always "invalid syntax" errors popping up when I attempt to run it. I've corrected what I could, but the following error has me stumped:

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 349 print "Page: vboxGetUpdates"

SyntaxError?: invalid syntax

It points to the ending quote after "vboxGetUpdates".

I can't think of any way for Python to mishandle a quote character. Does anyone else have this problem, and is there any way to fix it?

Hi, i got this from my command line:

F:\Python26>python.exe f:\vboxweb-read-only\VBoxWebSrv.py Traceback (most recent call last):

File "f:\vboxweb-read-only\VBoxWebSrv.py", line 56, in <module>

from vboxGuestMonitor import VBoxGuestMonitor

dont know what the problem could be, i done all steps, but here i fail. thanks

Running on Ubuntu 9 server 64bit. VirtualBox? 3.0.8 init exception: 0x80040154 (No such component '@virtualbox.org/VirtualBox?;1') Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/vboxapi/init.py", line 480, in init

self.vbox = self.platform.getVirtualBox()

File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/vboxapi/init.py", line 328, in getVirtualBox

return xpcom.components.classes["@virtualbox.org/VirtualBox?;1"].createInstance()

File "/usr/lib/virtualbox/sdk/bindings/xpcom/python/xpcom/components.py", line 191, in createInstance

raise xpcom.COMException(details.errno, "No such component '%s'" % (self.contractid,))

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 516, in <module>

g_virtualBoxManager = vboxapi.VirtualBoxManager?(None, None)

File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/vboxapi/init.py", line 491, in init

raise e

AFAICT, the Mac installer doesn't have option "VirtualBox? Python Support," or even a "feature page." Something's missing in the Mac instructions!

Why Do I not see any VB in the console? it is blank. What am I missing?

I get the following error: <<<===--- SNIP ---===>>> geoffrey:~/vboxweb-read-only> python VBoxWebSrv.py VirtualBox? Version: 3.0.8, Platform: linux2 Using config file: /home/1051467/vboxweb-read-only/VBoxWeb.conf Traceback (most recent call last):

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 689, in <module>

main(sys.argv)

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 612, in main

s.connect(("google.com", 80))

File "<string>", line 1, in connect

Yes, I am behind a firewall. Why is it trying to connect to Google?

error in ubuntu

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home//vboxweb-read-only/VBoxWebSrv.py", line 56, in <module>

from vboxVBoxMonitor import VBoxGuestMonitor

line 56 # VBoxWeb modules sys.path.insert(0,'modules') from vboxVBoxMonitor import VBoxGuestMonitor import vboxRDPWeb from vboxVBoxMonitor import VBoxMonitor

after edit

# VBoxWeb modules sys.path.insert(0,'/home/zebra/vboxweb-read-only/modules') from vboxVBoxMonitor import VBoxMonitor import vboxRDPWeb from vboxVBoxMonitor import VBoxMonitor

is start

my English lang is bad...sorry

I have simplejson.SlackBuild? installed but this error returns:

powtrix@trix64:~/downloads/simplejson/vboxweb-read-only$ python VBoxWebSrv.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 516, in <module>
    g_virtualBoxManager = vboxapi.VirtualBoxManager(None, None)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py", line 471, in __init__
    exec "self.platform = Platform"+style+"(platparams)"
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py", line 318, in __init__
    import xpcom.vboxxpcom
ImportError: No module named xpcom.vboxxpcom
powtrix@trix64:~/downloads/simplejson/vboxweb-read-only$ 

I'm trying to run vboxweb on an intranet, no Internet connection, and I do not get the interface up.

This is the problem it seems, VBoxWebSrv.py is trying to connect to google.

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 612, in main

s.connect(("google.com", 80))

Is there a workaround? What libraries do I need to install on localhost to be able to substitute google with localhost?

like this: s.connect(("localhost", 80))

Or any other solution.

Erling

I am getting an error code

"FATAL : No Bootable medium found! system halted.

Let me add I am a complete newbie to this so any help would be appreciated.

I installed this on an older dell machine small hard drive only 9gb (yeah I know)

Also when I go here I do not know what SVN I need?

I am running win xp pro

512 mb ram

My s.connect(("google.com", 80)) workaround On solaris nevada snv_126 svcadm enable svc:/network/http:apache22 then s.connect(("localhost", 80)) now web console is OK. simple but works Ciao

Hi, my PC is behind of network proxy, it reports:

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 689, in <module>

main(sys.argv)

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 612, in main

s.connect(("google.com", 80))

File "<string>", line 1, in connect

socket.error: 10060? A connection attempt failed because the connected pa rty did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection f ailed because connected host has failed to respond

Hi, if your pc in behind any type of proxy/firewall, you can start apache on localhost and then modify from s.connect(("google.com", 80)) to s.connect(("localhost", 80)). On my solaris nevada 126 works. Ciao

Works like magic. It would be really nice if one could get that console full screen(well not full, but as big as the browser content is.

Can't seem to get it to work at all. I get somekind of development page, with the usual placeholders in stead of functioning menu items. No error messages, except "vboxTabWidget::invalidatePage: Current item is undefined" when I click a tab or menu item. Did I miss something during installation?

hmm works perfectly, but i cant get past the login page, i added my user and password, and restarted but i cant seem to login, it says invalid credentials

When did deb package will be available ?

It works very well!! But, I tried to access my VM with apache and a ProxyPassReverse? ... and it's doesn't seems to work, I can't pass the login page. If someone want to access to web interface in https and with ProxyPass? a solution could be helpful for every administrators.

I installed vbox3.1 , I can login, but nothing can be done after entering the web system... none of my VMs are displayed ,and menu cannot be clicked

As the previous comment. I installed virtualbox 3.1 on mac ox and I see nothing. It doesn't load some objects in front-end.

I notice that some effects like compiz for linux make web console goes wrong. It's possible that is the same for aero. Have fun!!

Unfortunately i am not able to get it running. Here is the error-message:

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 516, in <module>

g_virtualBoxManager = vboxapi.VirtualBoxManager?(None, None)

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/init.py", line 470, in init

exec "self.platform = Platform"+style+"(platparams)"

File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/init.py", line 318, in init

import xpcom.vboxxpcom

File "/usr/local/VirtualBoxSDK-3.1.0-55467/sdk/bindings/xpcom/python/xpcom/vboxxpcom.py", line 51, in <module>

raise Exception, "Cannot find VBoxPython module"

Exception: Cannot find VBoxPython module

Propably my path is not correct, ist there any help available?

My system: Ubuntu 2.6.27-14-server x86_64 GNU/Linux

gsche...@web.de

I have the same error

I was getting the following with python2.4. Solved this problem by following this guide and installing python26. http://www.question-defense.com/2009/12/25/how-to-install-python-2-6-on-centos-5-without-breaking-yum

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 32, in ?

import hashlib

And running VBoxWebSrv.py with python26 instead of just python

I fixed the following by adding a symlink, not sure if this is the best way to do it but it works.

cd /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ ln -s /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/vboxapi/

python26 VBoxWebSrv.py Traceback (most recent call last):

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 52, in <module>

import vboxapi

Had some issues with the menus using chrome. Switched to firefox and I think I was able to create a machine. It took me through the menus but I don't see the machine yet and theres still menu problems.

Install works fine, but I cannot seem to get it to autostart on boot.

python /home/administrator/vboxweb-read-only/VBoxWebSrv.py

returns

File "/home/administrator/vboxweb-read-only/VBoxWebSrv.py", line 56, in <module> from vboxGuestMonitor import VBoxGuestMonitor ImportError??: No module named vboxGuestMonitor

What am I doing wrong?

Does this work with OSE? I am looking for alternatives to Sun's VRDP server and not X. Thanks.

Mandriva 2010 x86_64: VB 3.1.2: latest svn vboxwebserver: Python 2.6.4:

Firefox 3.5:

Web page OK. Login OK.

Start a VM: OK.

Switch to console, using either null or external authorization, no connect to console.

Message at bottom of page: 2010-01-12 12:55:32 Establishing RDP connection to IP 192.168.1.21 on port undefined for VM with ID 757ee43b-ddec-45a3-80e3-23cd844649a7 2010-01-12 12:55:24 Refreshing data for machine: win7 2010-01-12 12:55:21 Refreshing data for machine: win7 2010-01-12 12:55:18 Refreshing data for machine: win7 2010-01-12 12:55:01 Refreshing data for machine: win7 2010-01-12 12:54:59 Refreshing data for machine: win7 2010-01-12 12:54:59 Started VM with ID 757ee43b-ddec-45a3-80e3-23cd844649a7

Port is defined as enabled,3389 in VM details.

The VM is running.

repeated attempts to connect to console display a window with:

Sun RDP WebControl? 1.0.24 (C) 2009 Sun Microsystems Inc. Use subject to license

At this point the browser is locked and must be killed.

Any help is most welcome.

# python VBoxWebSrv.py

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 411

print "%s update, %d machine(s) modified" %("Full" if updateType is 0 else Differential", len(arrMach))

^

SyntaxError??: invalid syntax

###

Any idea?

having similar issued to someone above: neither "create new vm" option works. Be it the icon or the menu option. both Seamonkey (2.0.2) and Exploder 8 exhibit similar behavior. the only option that works is "Log out" which bounces me back to an empty looking screen with non-functional tabs (have authentication turned off)

For you getting error "..No module named vboxGuestMonitor" be sure to run python command from the folder were the script is located.

i.e Do not do: python /home/myuser/vboxweb/VBoxWebSrv.py

instead do: cd /home/myuser/vboxweb/ python WBoxWebSrv.py

Enter instructions for linux tooooooooooo

I have some error

>No such file or directory: 'c:\\Users\\user_name\\Desktop\\temp\\vboxweb-read-only/www/static/rdpweb_1.0.zip'

Where I can download this file? To download vboxweb-read-only directory I used SubVersion??? (SVN) from http://subversion.tigris.org/

When I try install vboxapi: C:\Python26>python.exe "c:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox?\sdk\install\vboxapisetup.py" install running install running build running build_py error: package directory 'vboxapi' does not exist

However, directory vboxapi is existing

Hi Guys I am having the following error . Can someone help [root@ns1 vboxweb-read-only]# python VBoxWebSrv.py

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 411

print "%s update, %d machine(s) modified" %("Full" if updateType is 0 else "Differential", len(arrMach))

^

Ashraf

I'm new at this but got the VBOX loaded onto my MAC and runing XP with Office 7. I ran into a problem loading Canon MP620 drivers. Nothing worked. Went back to MAC side and printer wouldn't work there either. What am I doing wrong?

There is a BUG in www\static\js\vboxTabWidget.js

in rdpConnect: function() there is rdpServ.port should be rdpServ.ports

Without that you can't connect and see in log: Establishing RDP connection to IP x.x.x.x on port undefined for VM with ID

Another bug is that VirtualBox? Web Console don't work in IE at all error:

Wiadomość: Oczekiwano identyfikatora Wiersz: 658 Znak: 32 Kod: 0 Identyfikator URI: http://10.10.110.51:8080/static/js/VirtualBox_Main.js

I tried to install it in a CentOS 5.5 64b without any success, tried again in a fedora 12 64b and finally when all appears to be installed, I access it by web and I can not add a machine, does not appear any machine on the left side...

If I press console or description it appears vboxTabWidget::invalidatePage: Current item is undefined.

What apears is that vboxGetUpdates does not apear to get info from vbox... Is there a whay that I can get more debug on vboxGetUpdates?

Can any body help? Thanks

Line 631 where it tries to connect to google.com to get the external IP. My network is in a proxy jail, so I set it to some internal hostname. Wish there was another way.

Hi i have installed VisualSVN and virtual box on windows 2003. Inside virtual bow i have installed linux. Now how to configure web console for webserver how to download webconsole codes from. http://vboxweb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/... Please any one mail the detailed steps to sandeep.srinivas23@gmail.com

Attempting to install this on UBUNTU 10.04

When I run the "vboxwebsrv", I get an error #### SOAP FAULT: Address already in use [SOAP-ENV:Server]

What does this mean? I assumed the port of "8080" was already in use, but I do not ahve a vboxwebsrv.conf file to edit.

Any ideas?

For people that are struggling getting this installed on windows

1) If you are running windows 7 make sure you open command prompt running as administrator

2) Getting the virtual box SDK on your machine:

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox?\sdk\install" "C:\Python26\python.exe" "vboxapisetup.py" install

3) Getting this software running (change adduser username and password to something more secure)

cd "C:\VirtualBox?\vboxweb-read-only\" "C:\Python26\python.exe" "VBoxWebSrv.py" adduser user pass "C:\Python26\python.exe" "VBoxWebSrv.py"

4) Fix the bug in vboxTanWidgets.js Find: rdpServ.port Replace with: rdpServ.ports

5) make sure you install the guest additions; otherwise it hangs on the web interface

6) http://localhost:8080/ - works ok in fire fox, but not in IE

7) If you want it to work remotely you need to tweak the windows firewall accordingly by default it blocked it.

Note this program is essentially a flash based remote desktop interface, with controls to start / stop the VM very cool though.

@: Comment by church.d...@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2009 ... KeyError??: '{308FF42A-DC45-49D4-A950-B1EEE5E00BB5}'

I had a similar problem after updating on Windows. The solution was to delete the folder "%temp%\gen_py" which contains generated wrappers for the com object(s), which become incompatible when Virtual box is updated and are not updated automatically.

I have RDP working after fixing bug with "rdpServ.port" as listed above.

How can I inject a CTRL+ALT+DEL to the session to unlock a login screen for a windows guest?

After installing the api/json i get the following errors after trying to connect: ameError: global name 'IWebsessionManager_logonRequestMsg' is not defined [{'errno': 32, 'details': 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 612, in ajax\n cherrypy.thread_data.vbox(fn,cherrypy.request.params, response)\n File "lib/vboxactions.py", line 281, in call\n getattr(self, fn+\'Cached\')(req,response)\n File "lib/vboxactions.py", line 1555, in getHostDetailsCached\n self.connect()\n File "lib/vboxactions.py", line 154, in connect\n raise Exception("Error logging in or connecting to vboxwebsrv: " + str(e))\nException: Error logging in or connecting to vboxwebsrv: global name \'IWebsessionManager_logonRequestMsg\' is not defined\n', 'error': "Error logging in or connecting to vboxwebsrv: global name 'IWebsessionManager_logonRequestMsg' is not defined"}]

trying to add a user results in: python VBoxWebSrv.py adduser testuser changeme VBoxWebSrv.py:21: DeprecationWarning?: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead

import md5

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 842, in <module>

main(sys.argv)

File "VBoxWebSrv.py", line 762, in main

g_vboxManager.vbox.setExtraData(

any hints on what i could be missing/doing wrong?

thanks

Excelent!