VirtualBox Networking (Getting internet and accessing your VMs via SSH)

[Hawaiideveloper]

When trying to access my VM via SSH I was unable to.

Bridge Mode

I think it has to do with the Library not providing an IP address until the machine accepts the terms and conditions. However the machine does not have a physical wifi adapter and thereby it does not make a direct connection to the wifi router to start the captive portal.

By not starting the captive portal, it can not be assigned an IP.

Therefore bridge connection is not possible.

[Hawaiideveloper]

Nat mode

To enable:

VBoxManage modifyvm Put_your_virtual_machine_name_here --nic1 nat

This will allow two VMs to talk to each other, but it does not solve how to allow public internet access to a Virtual Machine.

[Hawaiideveloper]

Create 3 Nics on the Virtual Machine:

• [ ] One assigned to NAT
• [ ] The other assigned to Host Only Network

• [ ] The third one assign to bridge

  The reasons for 3 adapters is to be able to use these adapters in difference scenarios. I recommend for a public setting you configure in a bastion type orientation so that only you have access to your environment. However when you are ready to expose the VMs you can use bridged and then forward traffic there, or use NAT and then use port forwarding as well.

VM as a bastion host by means of it operating one machine through another.