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Revision as of 13:53, 7 June 2024

NixOS Installation

VirtualBox can be installed on NixOS without problems, put this snippet in your configuration.nix

{
   virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
   users.extraGroups.vboxusers.members = [ "user-with-access-to-virtualbox" ];
}

Adding users to the group vboxusers allows them to use the virtualbox functionality.

VirtualBox Oracle Extensions

Note: This package is unfree and requires extra steps to install.

Oracle VirtualBox Extensions are required if you want to forward usb2 or usb3 to your guests. The Extensions are unfree.

{
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
   virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableExtensionPack = true;
}
Warning: Host extensions cause frequent recompilation.

Possible solutions:

VirtualBox Guest Additions

{
  virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
  virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.draganddrop = true;
}

See also