Now if you go to the folder you’ll see that folders blog on the host and the virtual machine have same content. Once the installation finished run the command in the terminal to mount the shared folder in the VirtualBox Ubuntu virtual machine sudo mount -t vboxsf blog blog In the virtual machine go to the top menu: Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image.Ĭlick “Run” on the popup and confirm with the root password Mount Ubuntu VirtualBox shared folder VBox NATs are use addresses like '10.0.2.15'. And finally, you can start a virtual network linking all VMs and optionally the host. More of it, you can set up shares between host and VM in the VM settings.
You can there activate the shared clipboard and the drag'n'drop. (unless you have set 'guest ok yes') To access the shares from your Windows Host you have to use the guest's IP address. Check the 'Advanced' tab of the 'General' settings of your VM in Virtual Box Manager. (unless you have set 'guest ok yes') To access the shares from your Windows Host you have to use the guests IP address. Let’s try now to share a folder between the host machine and the VirtualBox virtual machine.įirst we need to create a folder on the host machine and set that folder as a shared folder in Settings -> Shared Folder of VirtualBox ManagerĬreate a folder in the home directory of the VirtualBox virtual machine with that name. The default setting in Ubuntu's samba conf it to set 'security user', which means that you have to authenticate with a valid useraccount. Here are the steps to set up a shared folder in Ubuntu: open the terminal, create a directory where you want to mount the shared folder, mount the shared folder, and check if its mounted correctly by navigating to the folder in your file manager. The default setting in Ubuntus samba conf it to set 'security user', which means that you have to authenticate with a valid useraccount. I assume you were able to create an Ubuntu virtual machine with VirtualBox.
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