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Reputation: 27339

Run a script inside a virtual machine, but called from out of the VM

I need to run thousands of times a windows program inside a virtual machine, VM, (I am using VMWare player), and call it with different parameters each time. I wonder if this can be done out of the VM, I mean, if what I need to do inside the VM is for instance

cd c:\temp
executable ARG1 ARG2

(where ARG1 and ARG2 are the variable input parameters), I want to know if I can do it calling this out of the VM from Linux, something like

bash: ./vmwareplayer [call previous msdos script with arguments ARG1 and ARG2]

Or if this is possible with other sort of VM.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4029

Answers (1)

CarlosLannister
CarlosLannister

Reputation: 154

Probably the easiest way is to install a ssh server in your VM. Then you just need ssh to your machine an run the program inside the VM.

You can execute a command like:

ssh user@NAT-IP command

Or just open a session and you will have a command prompt:

 ssh user@NAT-IP

Make sure that you have configured your Network Adapter in NAT mode.

Upvotes: 4

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