ssh to linux guest/virtual machine running virtualbox

Categories: Linux; Tagged with: Linux • SSH; @ January 23rd, 2016 16:07

Install / Start SSH in your guest Linux

sudo service ssh status

install open-ssh in case it’s not ready in your guest:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

start the service if the service is stopped.

sudo service ssh start

Setup VirtualBox – port forwarding

virtualbox > edit settings for the guest vm:
network > port forwarding (e.g host 3022 -> guest 22)

SSH to the guest linux

ssh user@loalhost -p 3022