4.1. Downloading of the Virtual Machine and Virtual Machine manager

Unlike AccessMod 4.0, AccessMod 5 is packaged into a Virtual Machine (VM) running under Linux OS. A virtual machine is an encapsulated operating system that can run on another operating system. The choice of a virtual machine for AccessMod makes it easy to run it on any machine providing that sufficient memory is available. You just need to launch the virtual machine and everything else is done through the user interface using your favorite browser.

You can download the virtual machine (a file with “*.ova” extension) from the download page of the AccessMod web site: http://www.accessmod.org/home. Make sure to remember where that file is specifically downloaded; if possible, place it in an area that is easily accessible on your computer.

You will also need a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to run this machine. While different VMMs do exist we recommend to use VirtualBox. VirtualBox is free and can be downloaded from here: https://www.virtualbox.org. Make sure you download the version targeting your operating system installed on your computer (Windows, Mac, ...) and place the files in an easily-accessible location (e.g., Downloads) to facilitate installation.