is it possible to run virtualbox inside a docker container

Question

I tried running the container in privileged mode, but still the vboxdrv cannot be loaded.

I get

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Eit         


        

Answer 1

Yes, you can. You'll need to make sure you have the kernel module on your host system. I'm running Ubuntu, but I'm sure it'd be similar on other distros:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic virtualbox-dkms

And make sure the kernel module is loaded:

sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox status
VirtualBox kernel modules are loaded.

Now, run the docker container, and mount /dev/vboxdrv as a volume:

docker run -it -v /dev/vboxdrv:/dev/vboxdrv your/container-image