by Howard Miller.
Well, that's one of the big advantages of a VM - you can just image it. Someone should create an image of Moodle on a lightweight Linux VM and make it available.
Other than that, it's exactly the same as installing on a dedicated server. What a VM isn't is some sort of magic bullet. It seems to have calmed down now but there was a patch a couple of years back when VMs where all trendy and got used whether it was a good or idea or not.