The good thing is that you don't have to download any additional software to setup VBoxGuestAddition.
This is a mandatory pre-requisite if you wish to configure a shared folder with VirtualBox. I will use RHEL/CentOS 8 as my Linux OS to access the shared folder as normal and root user. It is possible the steps may vary in future with a different version of VirtualBox. I am using Oracle VirtualBox 6.1 which is installed on Windows 10 host. The Drag’n’Drop option lets you select a whole data file from the host to the guest or vice versa.Įnjoy! And please keep coming back for more tutorials.ALSO READ: Steps to repair filesystem in rescue mode in RHEL/CentOS 7/8 Linux That’s it! When you log back into the guest machine, you should be able to copy text from the host machine to the guest easily. Next, on the General page, select Advanced tab and make sure bidirectional is selected for Shared Clipboard as well as Drag’n’Drop options. To enable it, open VirtualBox and select the guest machine, then click the settings button or press Ctrl + S on your keyboard. Instead of manually typing each character or enter data manually, you could simply select the text from the host and paste it into the guest machine and vice versa. This feature will come in handy especially if you’ll be enter a lot of text or data into the guest machine from the host. Without the shared clipboard feature enabled, you won’t be able to copy and paste between the host and the guest machines. To enable that you must allow bidirectional shared clipboard on each machine. Installing the guest additions software will also not automatically allow you to copy and paste between machines.
To allow the integration, you must install VirtualBox guest additions. That means taking advantage of the host resources and improved performance. If you don’t already know, this brief tutorial is going to show you how to enable it when using VirtualBox virtualization software.Īnother thing you probably already know is when you first install VirtualBox guest machine, the guest machine will not automatically integrate with the host. VirtualBox has a feature that allows you to copy and paste between the host machine and the guest machine or vice versa. Here’s something many of you probably already know.
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