commands.sh

# example uses shared folder /media/sf_vm/www, change for your needs

sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf www-data
sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf <user name>

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
sudo cp 000-default.conf weblab.conf
sudo nano weblab.conf
// Change DocumentRoot to point at your shared mount `www` directory /media/sf_vm/www
// cntrl-x then 'Y' to save changes

cd ../sites-enabled/
sudo rm 000-default.conf
sudo ln -s ../sites-available/weblab.conf weblab.conf

cd ../conf-available
sudo nano host-share.conf
# add contents of host-share.conf below
cd ../conf-enabled
sudo ln -s ../conf-available/host-share.conf host-share.conf

cp /var/www/html/index.html /media/sf_vm/www/index.html

cd /media/sf_vm/www
nano info.php
# add contents of info.php below and save

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
# sudo apt-get purge phpmyadmin // interactive install is easy to screw up, this is just incase to start the process over.

sudo service apache2 restart

host-share.conf

<Directory /media/sf_vm/www/>
	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
	AllowOverride None
	Require all granted
	EnableSendfile Off
  EnableMMAP Off
</Directory>

info.php

<?php
phpinfo();
?>