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The -l option may also be used to specific the username for the guest ssh -p 2201 -l network password: On the command line that is performed using the -p option. Now connect using the SSH client to localhost and port 2201 (or whichever you choose in Port Forwarding). This is usually the application called Terminal in Linux or OSX start PuTTY if in Windows. Recall port 22 is for a SSH server (which should already be installed on each virtual machine as 'OpenSSH server' was selecting during the install).Īccessing Virtual Machine using SSH via a Terminal

This means that when an application on the host connects to port 2201 (and destination address localhost or 127.0.0.1), VirtualBox will forward the original application traffic to port 22 on the corresponding guest. Of particular importance, Port Forwarding has been enabled in VirtualBox (see towards bottom of step 4), forwarding a host port (e.g. I assume you have one (or more) Ubuntu Linux virtual guests installed as per my instructions for setting up a virtual network.

Using host web browser to access a guest web server.Copying files on the command line in Linux/OSX and Windows.Viewing and copy files to guest using a file explorer (Linux only).Using a terminal on the host to access the guest.In this article I describe some alternatives for connecting to your virtual machines. However I find the VirtualBox GUI is sometimes a bit slow and not as convenient as other terminals (e.g. VirtualBox provides terminal access to those virtual machines via its own GUI. Previously I described how to setup a virtual network amongst several Linux virtual machines using VirtualBox. Accessing VirtualBox Guests from Host using SSH, WinSCP and Tunnelling

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