You must prepare PXE boot configuration files in your /VirtualBox/TFTP folder before using this feature. A VM can boot using emulated PXE boot ROM (Read-Only Memory) to install an operating system. PXE is a pre-boot execution environment that is used for network booting. The XTS encryption mode is used with 128-bit or 256-bit data encryption keys. As a result, your VM data is encrypted even if the VM is copied from your protected storage to another location. Data stored on virtual disk images can be encrypted transparently for a guest OS. You must have connectivity with a host machine to use this feature.ĭisk image encryption with AES algorithm. This feature allows you to control virtual machines remotely via the VirtualBox interface even if you cannot connect directly to a VM (for example, if the virtual network of a VM is not configured properly or disabled). VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP). You can use this webcam on a macOS-based VM (while this webcam is not supported on macOS and there are no macOS drivers for this webcam) thanks to the Host webcam pass-through feature.
Imagine that you are using a webcam on a Windows-based host machine (you have all official Windows drivers for the webcam).
The advantage is that you can use a webcam which is not supported by the guest operating system of your VM. With this feature you can connect your host webcam to a guest machine. If you open VM settings ( Machine > Settings > USB) and try to enable USB 3.0 support without having VirtualBox Extension Pack installed, you will get the error message – Invalid settings detected. As a result, you can use a physical USB device in a guest operating system (OS). USB devices such as network adapters, flash drives, hard disks, web cams etc., that are inserted into physical USB ports of a host machine can be attached to a virtual machine running on VirtualBox. The Extension pack adds the following functionality: VirtualBox Extension Pack is a binary package intended to extend the functionality of VirtualBox.
The previous blog post of our VirtualBox series covered VirtualBox update.
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