I have been setting up an Ubuntu Server instance using VirtualBox on my Macbook Pro for some development work. I thought I’d share how to get ssh working on the virtual server once you have it installed.
Firstly you need to make sure you have openssh-server on your Ubuntu instance.
On the Ubuntu Server…
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
If you change networks a lot, you’ll probably want to install a static IP you can always connect to safely to access your Ubuntu Server. To do this…
On the Ubuntu Server, edit /etc/network/interfaces, and add the following…
auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.56.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
Now on your Mac…
Power down the VM
Go to network settings
Add adapter 2
– Attached to Host-only Adapter
– Name vboxnet0
Restart the VM
You should be able to connect to your Ubuntu Server now on 192.168.56.10 from your Mac.
ssh username@192.168.56.10
Hey thanks for your tutorial. It worked smoothly except an error, maybe you could mention this too in your article.
http://superuser.com/questions/429405/how-can-i-get-virtualbox-to-run-with-a-hosts-only-adapter
Regards 🙂