Initialise a VirtualBox host-only network adapter on the host using iproute2 instead of net-tools

vboxnetinit

#!/bin/bash
# Initialise a VirtualBox host-only network adapter on the host using iproute2 instead of net-tools.
#
# Usage: vboxnetinit [INTERFACE [ADDRESS]]
#
# INTERFACE the name of the host-only network interface. Defaults to "vboxnet0"
# ADDRESS   the address to assign to the host with subnet in CIDR notation

# Get the variables
NETWORK_NAME=${1:-vboxnet0}
NETWORK_ADDR=${2:-192.168.56.1/24}

# Bring the network up
sudo ip link set "${NETWORK_NAME}" up
# Add the address to it
sudo ip addr add "${NETWORK_ADDR}" dev "${NETWORK_NAME}"

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