Configure SSH Access to VirtualBox Linux Guest Virtual Machine

Instructions

To give your user sudo access:
usermod -a -G sudo YOURUSER (as root)

You will need to logout and then log back in for this change to start working

You can install the SSH server with:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

In your Linux Guest VM:
Edit /etc/network/interfaces (as root)
Append these lines to the end of the file:

	auto eth1
	iface eth1 inet static
	address 192.168.56.10
	network 255.255.255.0

Shutdown the Virtual Machine

VirtualBox->Preferences->Network->Host-Only Networks

Click the Plus icon to add a vboxnet0 network and then hit OK

Open your Virtual Machine’s ‘Settings’ and click ‘Network’

Click on ‘Adapter 2’ and check ‘Enable Network Adapter’

Set ‘Attached to’ to ‘Host-only Adapter’ and the name should be set to ‘vboxnet0’

Click ‘OK’

If you start up the Virtual Machine, the SSH server should automatically start running.

From a terminal on your Mac, you can now type

ssh YOURUSER@192.168.56.10

You should get prompted for your password and then have a functional SSH connection to your Virtual Machine