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Virtualbox Tips

Start VirtualBox in Headless Mode

VBoxHeadless -s Ubuntu-11.10

SSH Into Local Linux VBox

VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu-11.10 "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/HostPort" 2222
VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu-11.10 "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/GuestPort" 22
VBoxManage setextradata Ubuntu-11.10 "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage getextradata Ubuntu-11.10 enumerate

If you receive an error on start then check the network card network settings on your virtual box. Your adapter will most likely need to be set to PCnet-PCI II (NAT).

ssh vboxuser@localhost -p 2222

Configuring SSH access for VirtualBox Guest Host

Allow communication from your host to your guests by simply configuring a second network interface on the guest.

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