HowTo: SSH into a Virtual Box Guest OS

You created your VM. You’ve set it up. SSH server is up and running.

Now you want to SSH into it. Oops, you can’t.

Here’s how to do it. It’s really simple.

Create an extra adapter and set it to host-only. Check your new ip through ifconfig or ipconfig, depending on your guest OS. That’s the one you’ll want to SSH into.

And that’s about it. This has to be the shortest post ever.


If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments section. Also, if this helped you in any way, please like and share. Until next time!

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