Hi,
I'm running VirtualBox on Linux Mint. The VM that I have set up for Nextcloud is running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa). I'm stuck on how I can access files locally from Linux Mint to the VM?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
How can I access files on my Linux VM?
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Re: How can I access files on my Linux VM?
The VM is essentially another PC. So you'd fix this the same way as you'd do it if you had two PCs side-by-side.
Typical solutions for this are a network and shared folders. Virtualbox's Bridged or Host-Only will work for the network, see Virtualbox Networks: In Pictures, and either OS can share its folders for the other to see over the Virtualbox network using that OS's usual methods.
There is a shortcut method, using Virtualbox's Shared Folders, if Guest Additions are installed in the VM. These Virtualbox Shared Folders are designed for manual-drag-n-drop copy of files between the VM and a specific folder chosen on the host OS, through the VM's Shared Folder's settings in Virtualbox. This shortcut does not require a network, but many of the things one can do with a real shared folder, like setting permissions, editing, and databasing, have issues in a Virtualbox Shared Folder.
Typical solutions for this are a network and shared folders. Virtualbox's Bridged or Host-Only will work for the network, see Virtualbox Networks: In Pictures, and either OS can share its folders for the other to see over the Virtualbox network using that OS's usual methods.
There is a shortcut method, using Virtualbox's Shared Folders, if Guest Additions are installed in the VM. These Virtualbox Shared Folders are designed for manual-drag-n-drop copy of files between the VM and a specific folder chosen on the host OS, through the VM's Shared Folder's settings in Virtualbox. This shortcut does not require a network, but many of the things one can do with a real shared folder, like setting permissions, editing, and databasing, have issues in a Virtualbox Shared Folder.
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Re: How can I access files on my Linux VM?
Are you asking how to access the innards of a VM filesystem?
Generally you try not to. If a file needs to be accessible to the host then you can locate it on the host, in a host shared folder which the VM can access.
There are tools you can use (not VirtualBox itself0 to decode the guest OS filesystem in a VDI or VHD, but that's a very kludgy solution IMO.
Generally you try not to. If a file needs to be accessible to the host then you can locate it on the host, in a host shared folder which the VM can access.
There are tools you can use (not VirtualBox itself0 to decode the guest OS filesystem in a VDI or VHD, but that's a very kludgy solution IMO.