#Windows virtualbox shared folder how to#

Insert Guest Additions CD Image to the VM In the drop down menu click on Insert Guest Additions CD Image. Just power on your VM and on the console look out for Devices from the top menu. The good thing is that you don't have to download any additional software to setup VBoxGuestAddition. This is a mandatory pre-requisite if you wish to configure a shared folder with VirtualBox.

I will use RHEL/CentOS 8 as my Linux OS to access the shared folder as normal and root user. It is possible the steps may vary in future with a different version of VirtualBox.

I am using Oracle VirtualBox 6.1 which is installed on Windows 10 host. You can use this option to transfer files between Windows and Linux and vice versaĪLSO READ: 2 methods to grep & print next word after pattern match in Linux Lab Environment The configuration is easy so even a non-techie can easily setup a shared folder which is I believe many people choose for this option instead of samba share. Normally i use samba server to configure a share between Linux and Windows but lately I came to know about this feature from VirtualBox and thought to give it a try. In this tutorial I will share step by step instructions to configure shared folder feature from Oracle VirtualBox.

#Windows virtualbox shared folder how to#

How to create shared folder using Oracle VirtualBox with Linux Operating System? Can I share a folder from Windows host to Linux OS inside Oracle Virtual Box? How to access shared folder as normal user (non root) from Oracle VBox inside Linux? How to transfer files between Oracle VirtualBox and Windows Host? How to map network drive from Windows to Linux VM using Oracle VBox? Access Shared Folder (as root and non-root user) Configure Virtual Box to create shared folder

1.2 Mount Guest Additions Image on the server.