{"id":2610,"date":"2020-09-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chewett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2020-08-21T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:47:01","slug":"using-virtualbox-shared-folder-on-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chewett.co.uk\/blog\/2610\/using-virtualbox-shared-folder-on-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Virtualbox Shared Folder on Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This post explains how you can configure Virtualbox Shared Folders for Ubuntu 20.04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Installing Virtualbox Guest Additions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before you can configure Virtualbox Shared folders you will need to install Virtualbox Guest Additions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have detailed the process of installing this on another blogpost which you should first follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once done you can continue with the second step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configuring Shared Folders in Virtualbox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once Virtualbox Guest Additions is installed you are able to configure the shared folder. To do this go into the Virtual Machine Settings and select “Shared Folders”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will want to add a new machine folder by pressing the + button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once done you should have a dialog similar to this which will ask you for the folder path, folder name, and whether you want to automount it or make it read only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To configure this with Ubuntu 20.04 I found the best solution was to not auto-mount it but configure it in the virtual machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here the folder path is set to the location on my non-virtual hard drive that I want to mount. The folder name will be the name that the virtual machine will refer to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once this has been saved in the settings interface you can then boot the Virtual Machine and configure it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configuring Ubuntu to mount the Shared Folder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once the shared folder is set up you will then want to request that it is automatically mounted on boot. You can do this by adding it to the \/etc\/fstab<\/code> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open \/etc\/fstab in your favourite editor and put the following line at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<foldername> <path to mount> vboxsf defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
For my example above I enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ssh \/home\/chewett\/.ssh\/ vboxsf defaults,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This then configures my cygwin .ssh folder to be mounted at \/home\/chewett\/.ssh\/<\/code> in my Virtual Machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once done fstab will mount this folder at each boot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this worked for you or you have any questions please comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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