Once CentOS 8 boots, you can login using the username and password that you’ve set during the installation.Īs you can see, I am using CentOS 8 and the Linux kernel version is 4.18.0. Now, the VM should boot from the virtual hard drive. Now, click on Machine > Reset to reset the VM.

To avoid that, click on Devices > Optical Drives > Remove disk from virtual drive. VirtualBox VM may boot from the CentOS 8 Installation DVD again. Once the installation is complete, click on Reboot. Type in your personal information, check Make this user administrator and click on Done. Now, you have to create a new login user. Once you’re happy, click on Begin Installation. Now, select your Region and City and click on Done. If you want to set up your time zone, click on Time & Date. If you want to install CentOS 8 server with graphical user interface, then you don’t have to do anything else.īut, if you want to install CentOS 8 headless server, then click on Software Selection. Now, select the virtual hard drive, select Automatic from Storage Configuration section and click on Done. Select your language and click on Continue. Now, you can install CentOS 8 as usual on the virtual machine. Now, select Install CentOS Linux from the GRUB menu and press.

The VM should start and you should see the GRUB boot menu as you can see in the screenshot below. Now, select the CentOS 8 ISO installation image and click on Open. Then, click on Empty in Controller: IDE, then click on the CD icon and click on Choose Virtual Optical Disk File… Now, select the VM and click on Settings.

20 GB is enough for more task.Ī new VM should be created.

Now, you have to set the virtual hard disk size. Select, Create a virtual hard disk now and click on Create. Now, you have to create a virtual hard disk. For server with graphical user interface, it should be at least 2GB or 2048 MB. For headless servers, 1 GB or 1024 MB is enough. Now, you have to set how much Memory (RAM) you want to allocate to the VM. Now, type in a name for the Virtual Machine (VM), select the Type to Linux and Version to Red Hat (64-bit). It may take a while for the download to complete.Ĭreating a VirtualBox Virtual Machine for CentOS 8: Your browser should start downloading the CentOS 8 ISO installation image.

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