Virtual Box - Setup an Ubuntu 20.04 vm

This setup calls out how to setup an Ubuntu 20.04 vm in virtual box (6.1.30) around the time frame of early 2022 running on a windows 10 host with Hyper-V configured.

Create the initial VM

Launch Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager, and create "New" vm

Select Advanced

Launching the VM

Right click on your vm in Hyperv-Manager, and then select "Run"

Then select "Install" in the ubuntu dialog that pops up:

On Keyboard Layouts, just select the default and select "continue":

Select Updates by selecting "Install third-party software for graphics and wifi hardware and additional media formats", then select "Configure Secure Boot" and enter your secure password.

On Installation type, lets select "Advanced Features"

Check the "Use LVM with the new Ubuntu installation", and select "Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security" and then select "OK"

Then select "Install Now"

Now you'll enter a security key, and select recovery key as shown below

Now you'll elect to write the changes to disk by selecting continue:

Now, you'll select your time zone:

Now you'll enter the information about the desktop, such as your name, password, and machine name:

You should now see it installing & configuring...

YOu'll now be prompted to restart your machine:

Running Commands to get the basics setup

The following should get you up and running so you can rpd into your local hyperv vm

sudo apt update

# Useful Pre-Reqs
sudo apt-get install unzip

# Install virtual Drivers
sudo apt install -y linux-tools-virtual
sudo apt install -y linux-cloud-tools-virtual

# Run Config Script to download & configure RDP parts
cd Downloads/
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Hinara/linux-vm-tools/ubuntu20-04/ubuntu/20.04/install.sh
sudo chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
init 6
cd Downloads/
sudo ./install.sh 
sudo apt update

#Reboot again just to be sure
init 6

Virtual Box Additions

If you're using Virtual Box, you may want to add the Guest Additions. Youn the following command first, before mounting.

Reference here: https://itsfoss.com/virtualbox-guest-additions-ubuntu/

sudo apt install build-essential dkms linux-headers-generic 

Additional Tools

Add some Additional Tools

#======================================
# Install Edge
cd Downloads/
sudo apt install ./microsoft-edge-beta_97.0.1072.21-1_amd64.deb 
sudo apt-get install libatomic1

#======================================
# Setup VSCode Repos
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
rm -f packages.microsoft.gpg

# Install VSCode
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code # or code-insiders