Nested Virtualization
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Introduction[edit]
It is possible to run Virtual Machines inside Virtual Machines (VMs). That is called Nested Virtualization. [1]
Qubes[edit]
Running VirtualBox, KVM or Qubes inside Qubes is difficult. Not offically supported by the Qubes developers. It is unrelated to Whonix ™. You can learn more about the current state of things by searching the qubes-devel and qubes-users mailing lists for terms such as VirtualBox, KVM and/or nested virtualization.
KVM[edit]
TODO document
- https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/KVM#Nested_Virtualization [archive]
- https://forums.whonix.org/t/nested-virtulization-needs-64-bit-whonx-guest [archive]
VirtualBox inside VirtualBox[edit]
Be sure to change your host key. VirtualBox → Preferences → Input → Host Key. The "outside" and the "inside" Host Key must differ, otherwise you can not leave the VM "inside" anymore.
Using ACPI [2] and IOAPIC [3] [4] for all VM's, speeds up the "inside" VM a lot. These settings are in use for Whonix ™ VMs by default.
VirtualBox does not support VT in VT yet. [5] So the "inside" VM might be slow depending on your host's performance. Inside the "inside" VM, disable VT. VirtualBox → right click on VM → Settings → System → Acceleration → uncheck "Enable VT-x/AMD-V"
Forum discussion:
https://forums.whonix.org/t/nested-visualization-with-whonix-vbox-windows-7-inside-whonix-ws [archive]
See Also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested_virtualization [archive]
- ↑ vboxmanage "Whonix-Workstation" modifyvm --acpi on
- ↑ VirtualBox → right click on VM → Settings → System → uncheck "Enable IO APIC"
- ↑ vboxmanage "Whonix-Workstation" modifyvm --ioapic on
- ↑ https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/4032 [archive]
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