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Windows guide for mapping VBox shared folder will be published next. The steps for mounting VBox shared folders is different for Windows and Ubuntu / Debian. Manually Mount VBox Shared Folder on Ubuntu.Mount VBox Shared Folders Ubuntu / Debian Guest.Mount VirtualBox Shared Folder on Ubuntu.How to point apache's web directory to our folder in the host.

If it is then congratulations! You successfully linked the directory within your vm with your host folder. Go to your home directory and check to see if the file is highlighted in green.Add the following line to /etc/modules and save.Add the following line to fstab (separated by tabs) and press Ctrl+O to Save.To make this permanent, we'll set it so that it will mount our ~/shared directory on system startup This directory mount we just made is temporary and it will disappear on next reboot. The host folder should now be accessible inside the VM.

Mount the shared folder from the host to your ~/shared directory.

Run installation script for the guest additions:.

Sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

Install dependencies for VirtualBox guest additions:.

Use the following command to mount the CD: Once your VM is up and running, go to Devices menu -> Insert Guest Additions CD image menu Uncheck Read-only and Auto-mount, and check Make Permanent On Add Share prompt, select the Folder Path in your host that you want to be accessible inside your VM. Tested on Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Steps: This guide will walk you through steps on how to setup a VirtualBox shared folder inside your Ubuntu Server guest. Mounting VirtualBox shared folders on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS I will no longer respond to the replies to this gist. Please consider switching to the updated guide instead. Update : This guide is ALREADY OUTDATED and might no longer work with new versions of Ubuntu and VirtualBox. Update 28 July 2019: An updated version of this guide for Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS is now available.