Get the VirtualBox CentOS 5 as a 7z file from: http://virtualboxes.org/images/centos/ Uncompress and save the Centos64.vbox and Centos64.vdi files. Open the Oracle VM VirtualBox manager and select the vbox file to install Make > 20GB disc or there will not be room for logger. Login as root/reverse Install Gnome Desktop as follows and start: yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment" login root/reverse and startx Check version of CentOS and other prelim: cat /etc/redhat-release #CentOS release 5.9 (Final) uname -a # somewhere x86_64 create user logger open port 443 check logger bin file execute box and double click. run in terminal If not enough space to install logger: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe modifyhd "D:\virtual machines\Centos\centos64.vdi" --resize 20000 shutdown centos VM attach gparted-live-0.16.2-1b-i486.iso to CD drive resize sda up to increased size start Centos VM and