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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="create-vm-wizard-unattended-install">
  <title>(Optional) Create Virtual Machine Wizard: Unattended Guest OS Install</title>
  
  <body>
    <p>
        Unattended guest OS installation enables you to install the OS
        on a virtual machine automatically.
      </p>
    <note>
      <p>
          This page is optional. It is not displayed if you have
          selected the <b outputclass="bold">Skip Unattended
          Installation</b> option on the initial wizard page.
        </p>
    </note>
    <p>
        Use this page to set up the required parameters for unattended
        guest OS installation and to configure automatic installation of
        the Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions. See also
        <xref href="create-vm-wizard-unattended-examples.dita#create-vm-wizard-unattended-examples"/> for some
        typical scenarios when using automated installation.
      </p>
    <fig id="fig-create-vm-unattended-install">
      <title>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</title>
      <image href="images/create-vm-2.png" placement="break"/>
    </fig>
    <p>
        The following fields are available on this wizard page:
      </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Username and Password.</b>
            Enter the credentials for a default user on the guest OS.
          </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest Additions.</b> Enables
            automatic installation of the Guest Additions, following
            installation of the guest OS. Use the drop-down list to
            select the location of the ISO image file for the Guest
            Additions.
          </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Additional Options.</b> The
            following options enable you to perform extra configuration
            of the guest OS:
          </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p><b outputclass="bold">Product Key.</b> For
                Windows guests only. Enter the product key required for
                Windows installation.
              </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p><b outputclass="bold">Hostname.</b> Host name for
                the guest. By default, this is the same as the VM name.
              </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p><b outputclass="bold">Domain Name.</b> Domain
                name for the guest.
              </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p><b outputclass="bold">Install in Background.</b>
                Enable headless mode for the VM, where a graphical user
                interface is not shown.
              </p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>
        Click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to go to the next
        wizard page.
      </p>
  </body>
  
</topic>