Install Will CentOS Min Mod work on VirtualBox?

I was wondering if CentOS+Min Mod would work normal if i installed it on virtual box,

This is what i am trying to do,

Old Desktop (with ubuntu + virtual box installed)
- on virtual machine1 - CentOS+MinMod = site 1
-on virtual machine 2 - CentOS+MinMod = site 2
-on virtual machine 2 - CentOS+MinMod = site 3


So what i am trying to do is run 3 websites from my old desktop using virtual machines,

so it would be as if i had 3 different servers, if i mess one up, then i can easily restore the virtual machine,
it's alot easier than using 3 servers,


has anyone ever done this before?

for the networking part, all if have to do is port forward, so i can have all websites online from 1 server
the only thing i have to change is the listen port 80, on each virtual machine
so 3 virtual machines would listen on 81,82,83

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but what about ftp? i notice that virtual machines don't have a normal file system, it;s just 1 file .ovf

so ftp doesn't work on virtual machines?


has anyone ever done something like this?
currently i am using 2 servers, but i broke one last week, so i had to reinstall because i didnt know what else to do,

so i was thinking virtual machines would be much faster and easier for learning


is this possible, would it work normal?

 

why would i have to whitelist any additional ports when using in the vm? there is no additional ports to whitelist, since the default is on port 80 and i already see port 80 in the list

when i set up my server(not on the vm) i didn't have to whitelist any ports, or change anything in the firewall, usually there is only 4 setups and my server is up and running quickly

1. nano -w /etc/hostname
2. nano -w /etc/hosts
3. vhostconf
4. centmin mod option 2

done!


i was able to get windows server 2012 working on vm, and access it from outside, and even using a domain,
all i had to do was

router
port forward port80

vm
port forward port80



i did those 4 steps for centos(in the vm) but for some reason i cant access it from outside


im not sure why window server works in the vm, but centos wont work inside the vm

 

oh yes, i did write that, i forgot,

originally i was using different ports because i thought each server would need to have different ports, but then i found out all all servers can stay on the default port 80 at the same time








then both the vm's have this settings in the vm machine network settings,



and my router is port-forwarded, port 80


i dont turn on both machines at the same time, i turn on either windows or centos,

and windows works, i can access it from outside but not centos,



maybe i will check my settings again,
or maybe i will try another port other than the default 80

but its strange

 

i did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i had to start fresh
i re-installed centos, re-installed centmin mod, and it worked!!

must of been something wrong with my last version, maybe the option 2 i said no to ssl, or something else, i dont know what was wrong with it, so i re-installed everything ,

anyways, it's working!! now i can run many different operating system from 1 server,

this will help me in learning, and save me time!!





i just have to figure out how to ftp and i will be set!!


yay!!!

 

i figured it out!!!!!!!!!!


just had to port forward port 22 on my router and the vm!!!!!! and it works!!!!!


now i can get rid of my 4 old desktops and just run all my test websites from 1 desktop


woohoo!!