VirtualBox – Windows 8 with custom resolution

Though Windows 8 is officially supported by Oracle Virtual box, the guest additions are not yet compatible with Windows 8 resulting into limited UI accessibility. One of such features is screen resolution! With current version of Oracle Virtual box, you get screen resolutions with 4:3 aspect ratios (i.e. 1024 x 786, 1240 x 1024 and 1600 x [...]

Login to System VMs/Routers CloudStack

CloudStack manages two system VMs for it’s internal processing – Console proxy VM (CPVM) and secondary storage VM (SSVM). Console proxy VM is used by CloudStack to provide console access of the user instances whereas Secondary Storage VM (SSVM) downloads and maintains VM templates. For enabling advanced networking functions such as load balancing, port forwarding [...]