Cheat Sheet
Useful VirtualBox tricks
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Check your VirtualBox version.
Go to https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox
Open your Virtualbox version.
Download Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack.vbox-extpack.
Open Virtualbox VM Manager, go to File -> Preferences, Select Extension.
Now add extension by browsing to download location.
SSH to NAT guest
Open the VM Settings, go to Network.
In your adapter tab, click on Advanced. Then click on Port Forwarding.
Add a rule as follows:
Name
Protocol
Host IP
Host Port
Guest IP
Guest Port
SSH
TCP
<leave empty>
2222
<leave empty>
22
Now from you host run:
ssh 127.0.0.1 -p 2222References
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235518/ssh-to-virtualbox-mac-host-linux-guest-using-nat
Shared Folder
Install Guest Additions.
Install Extension Pack.
In your guest, create a folder to be used to mount the shared folder.
sudo mkdir /windows
sudo chown $USER:$USER /windowsPower off the VM.
Open your VM settings and add a shared folder.
Turn on your VM.
Test mounting your folder.
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$UID windows /windowsSetup fstab.
echo "windows /windows vboxsf uid=$UID,gid=$UID 0 0" >> /etc/fstabLast updated