VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use
VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10), DOS/Windows 3. x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3. x and 4. x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.
VirtualBox 5.2.8 platform packages can be downloaded from Virtualbox official site
Windows hosts
OS X hosts
Linux distributions
Solaris hosts
Now let’s see the steps for the installation of VirtualBox 5.2.8 on Windows
- Download the exe from the link and log in to your PC as a user with Administrator privileges and launch the exe file
- click Next
- Click Next
- Click Next
- Click Yes
- Click Install to start the Virtual Box installation
- Window security pops might come, please choose
- Click Finish to start the VirtualBox
Below Virtual Box window will open
Now you can create a Virtual Machine and done install the OS on it or you can use a VM template to get the VM running. Oracle provides VM templates for the following products
| Name | Contents | Links |
| Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 2.0.2 Hands-on-Lab | Oracle Linux 7.2 Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 2.0.2 | Downloads and Instructions |
| Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 12.1.3 VM | Oracle Linux (64-bit) 6.6 Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 12.1.3.0.0 Oracle Enterprise Data Quality Customer Data Services Pack 11.1.1.7.4 Oracle Enterprise Data Quality Address Verification 14.4.0.0.0 Oracle Watchlist Screening 11.1.1.7.3 Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12.1.0.1.0 Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.3.0.0 Oracle SQL Developer 3.2.20.09.90 Oracle Java SE Development Kit Version 7, Update 71 Oracle Java SE Development Kit Version 8, Update 25 | Downloads and Instructions |
| Oracle Database 12c (12.1.0.2) Upgrade and Migration Hands-on Lab | Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Enterprise Edition (12.1.0.2) | Downloads and Instructions |
| Oracle WebCenter Portal VM | Oracle Database 12c R1 Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1 Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Tier Utilities 12.2.1 Oracle WebCenter Content 12.2.1 Oracle WebCenter Portal 12.2.1 Oracle JDeveloper 12.2.1 WebCenter Extensions for JDeveloper 12.2.1 | Downloads and Instructions |
| Oracle Data Integrator 12c VM | Oracle Linux (64-bit) 2.6.32-300.39.5 Oracle EE Database 11.2.0.4 Oracle Data Integrator 12.2.1.2.6 Oracle GoldenGate 12.1.2.0.0 Java Platform (JDK) 1.8.0_60 | Downloads and Instructions |
| Oracle Big Data Lite VM | Oracle Linux 6.4 Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Enterprise Edition (12.1.0.1) Cloudera’s Distribution includes Apache Hadoop (CDH4.5) Cloudera Manager 4.8 Cloudera Enterprise Technology, including Cloudera RTQ (Impala 1.2.3) and Cloudera RTS (Search 1.1) Oracle Big Data Connectors 2.4 Oracle NoSQL Database Enterprise Edition 12cR1 (2.1.54) Oracle Data Integrator 12cR1 | Downloads and Instructions |
| Network Applications VM VM | Oracle Linux Oracle Java JDK Oracle Database XE Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse | Downloads and Instructions |
| Database App Development VM | Oracle Linux 7 Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Enterprise Edition (12.2.0.1 Linux x86-64) Oracle XML DB Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Oracle Application Express Hands-On-Labs (accessed via the Toolbar Menu in Firefox) | Downloads and Instructions |
| Oracle Linux 6 Admin VM | A default desktop installation of Oracle Linux 6 for x86-64 (64-bit), with two additional virtual disk drives attached. | Download Installation Instructions |
| Oracle Solaris 11.3 Admin VM | A default desktop installation of Oracle Solaris 11.3 | Downloads see README on the above page for instructions |
| Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Admin VM | A default desktop installation of Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 | Downloads see README on the above page for instructions |
| Oracle Business Intelligence SampleAppV511 | Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.7 x64 Oracle Business intelligence 12c Mobile Application Designer Oracle Mapviewer 12c MV Demo Samples Sample Application Content Oracle Database 12c 12.1.0.2.1 (IMDb) R 3.1.1 ORE 1.4.1 Oracle APEX 4.2.6 SQL Developer 4.1.0 AWM 12.1.0.2a Oracle Data Mining Oracle Spatial and Graph BigData (plugin)- contact your local Oracle sales rep EPM 11.1.2.4 StandAlone (plug-in) | Downloads and Instructions |
| SOA Suite 12.1.3.0.1 VM
| Oracle Linux 6u7 (64-bit) Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12.1.0.2 Oracle SOA Suite 12.1.3.0.1 (includes Service Bus) Oracle API Manager 12.1.3.0.0 Oracle Stream Explorer 12.1.3.0.1 Oracle Managed File Transfer 12.1.3.0.1 Oracle JDeveloper 12.1.3.0.1 Oracle Sun JDK 1.7.0_79-b15 (64-bit) | Downloads and Instructions |
| Enterprise PHP Development VM (Provided and supported by Zend) | Oracle Linux 6.4 Zend Server 6.2 Oracle Database XE 11.2 MySQL 5.6 | Downloads and Instructions |
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