Is it possible to test a Vega app inside a VirtualBox machine running Ubuntu 24?

[Mouad_Abdelghafour_AITALI]

Hi everyone,

My main machine is running Windows 11, and since Windows and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) are not supported or tested for the Vega SDK, I decided to use Oracle VirtualBox with Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS.

I followed all the steps in the official guide:
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/vega/0.21/install-vega-sdk.html#ubuntu
Everything installed smoothly.

Now I’m trying to test the Hello project using a Virtual Device, but I get the following logs:

2026-03-13 17:55:14.812 [info] Launching virtual device.
2026-03-13 17:55:14.814 [info] Waiting for virtual device to boot.
2026-03-13 17:56:15.996 [info] Deadline reached (60s) but virtual device unresponsive.

Is running the Vega SDK virtual device inside VirtualBox supported?

Or could this issue be related to virtualization settings or something I might have missed during the setup?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[amen]

Hi @Mouad_Abdelghafour_AITALI,

Thank you for your question and for the detailed setup information.

Running the Vega Virtual Device (VVD) inside VirtualBox is not supported. The VVD uses QEMU/KVM under the hood, and running it inside VirtualBox creates a nested virtualization scenario. The VVD requires direct hardware access (KVM on Linux, Hypervisor.framework on macOS) which is not available in nested environments like VirtualBox, Docker, or WSL.

Per the installation prerequisites, the Vega SDK requires native macOS 10.15+ or Ubuntu 20.04+ installations. Install the Vega Developer Tools | Vega Get Started

Best regards,
Aishwarya