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          <h2>Pre-requisites</h2>

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	<li>A web server running PHP 5.1.0 (WAMP/LAMP/XAMPP/PHP for IIS)</li>
	<li>PHP SOAP extension enabled</li>
	<li>A VirtualBox installation</li>
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<h2>Installation and Setup</h2>

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	<li>Download phpVirtualBox <a href="https://github.com/phpvirtualbox/phpvirtualbox/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract phpVirtualBox</li>
	<li>Copy phpVirtualBox to a folder named virtualbox in the PHP web directory</li>
	<li>Navigate to config.php-example, make a copy and name it config.php</li>
	<li>Open config.php in Notepad</li>
	<li>Update the $username and $password variables to set an admin login</li>
	<li>Update the $location variable to the IP address of the VirtualBox host</li>
	<li>Save the changes to config.php</li>
	<li>On the VirtualBox host, Click the Start Button &gt; Type Control Panel&nbsp; and select it</li>
	<li>Click Windows Defender Firewall</li>
	<li>Click Advanced settings in the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Select Inbound Rules &gt; New Rule...</li>
	<li>Select Port &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select TCP and specify port 18083 &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select Allow the Connection &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next &gt; Name the rule phpVirtualBox &gt; Click Finish</li>
	<li>Select Outbound Rules &gt; New Rule...</li>
	<li>Select Port &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select TCP and specify port 18083 &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select Allow the Connection &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next &gt; Name the rule phpVirtualBox &gt; Click Finish</li>
	<li>Right click on the Start button &gt; Command Prompt (Admin) &gt; Paste the following command
	<div class="codeBlock">&quot;%ProgramFiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox\vboxwebsrv.exe&quot; -H 192.168.0.83 &gt;nul</div>
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	<li>Open a browser and navigate to http://IPorDNS/virtualbox</li>
	<li>Login with the username and password set in config.php</li>
	<li>Manage VirtualBox VMs from the browser</li>
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