At the moment, I am making a new project, a web-based project, so I need a web server for testing it.
So, I decided make a virtual machine with a Ubuntu Server and install on it a LAMBDA configuration.
I did it (I will post it the tutorial about how I did it, step by step), but that is not the most important thing in this post.
After a while, I download from Internet a Virtual Machine with a LAMBDA configuration preinstalled and I wanted to test it, but it was in a strange format: it was a OVA file.
Searching about it, I found this description:
«Package that contains files used to describe a virtual machine; includes an .OVF descriptor file, optional manifest (.MF) and certificate files, and other related files; saved in a single archive using .TAR packaging.» –fileinfo.com
So, that’s good, now I knew what could I do. I opened VirtualBox and followed these steps:
- Click on File > Import Appliance… (or press Crtl-I)
- In the new window, choose the OVA file and press Next
- In the next window, config as you want and click Import
- Nothing more to do! After this, your new Virtual Machine is ready, enjoy it!
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