Is it possible to encrypt a virtual machine?
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Is it possible to encrypt the whole disk of a windows OS virtual machine? Or does it need to fulfill certain requirements such as certain drivers?
Lets presume the main disk has already been encrypted.
Last edit: Nanana 2016-09-12
VirtualBox is tested. VMWare and QEMU have to work also. (UEFI and MBR version)
Thanks alex! I wonder if there is going to be a problem if Someone encrypt a disk twice?
For example: I have only one disk 100GB. I encrypt this disk via veracrypt as a host. Now, when I take 50gb from 100gb and encrypt it again via veracrypt, won't it cause any problems?
In VirtualBox I've tested the configuration. It works. The only problem is performance.
Alex can you tell me how did you get into the BIOS to turn of the secure boot in virtualbox?
My version of VirtualBox is 5.0.20. It does not have Secure Boot. Probably VirtualBox does not have Secure Boot feature.
In fact secure boot is RSA signature verification only.
To enter BIOS configuration in VirtualBox press "space" at the begging several times.
Probably developers of VirualBox do not need full suport of UEFI.
Why not just use VirtualBox's own encryption feature?
VirtualBox supports VHD disk format. VHD can be mounted in Disk Manager. It is like loop device in Linux.