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To verify that VirtualBox is installed properly, check the version with
VBoxManage
. Vagrant
is compatible with VirtualBox versions 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x, as you can read about in
the
documentation
. We recommend that you use VirtualBox 4.3.12 or higher because the
sandbox environments created for this topic were prepared using VirtualBox 4.3.12.
Linux/Mac OS X:
$
VBoxManage --version
4.3.12r93733
Windows Command Prompt:
>
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage" --version
4.3.12r93733
Windows PowerShell:
PS>
& "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage" --version
4.3.8r92456
Host versus Guest
When talking about virtual machines and sandbox environments, it helps to explain two
terms:
host
and
guest
.
Figure 5-2
presents an overview of the logical architecture for a virtu-
alization system like VirtualBox.