transfer files to virtual machine virtualbox

This is easy and efficient method, in my opinion. Method # 2: sending file from Host OS to Guest VM using scp If everything goes fine, you will see that file is copied successfully

After entering command, you may be prompted for guest OS password.Home/hostname/ which is home/vagrant/ in my case if you leave it blank you file will be copied to Users/amar/Desktop/s1.txt is file to be represent of Guest OSĪdditionally after : you can specify the folder name, where you want file to be copied. Open terminal in host OS and enter following command to transfer file $ scp /Users/amar/Desktop/s1.txt scp represents secure copy protocol Now as we have both hostname and IP of Guest OS as well Method # 1: sending file from Host OS to Guest VM using scpįind the path of the file in Host OS that you want to send to VM, In my case file path is $ /Users/amar/Desktop/s1.txt if your guest IP is similar to 127.0.0.*, then you might be still using NAT as adapter.įor finding hostname of guest OS, enter hostname in console $ hostname.In my case, as I had linux box, so I entered $ ifconfig Once you are logged in Guest VM, then go to terminal and find IP address of that machine. For most of vagrant boxes, if it asks for username and password, then go ahead and enter vagrant for both username and password. Now turn on Guest VM either using Vagrant up or manually through VirtualBox UI.

Transfer files to virtual machine virtualbox