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Internet and SSH access to VirtualBox VM with NAT and host-only adapters

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Garth

Having only recently started using VirtualBox to build various VMs (Virtual Machines), it wasn’t immediately obvious to me how I could not only enable access to the outside world (Internet access, updates etc.), but also enable SSH to Linux boxes and such like via a private network within VirtualBox. Eventually, I decided to configure each

Oracle Linux 6.4 installation (64-bit)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Garth

First of all, you need the OS installation media, which can be downloaded from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux (login required). For this particular installation, I downloaded ‘Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 Media Pack for x86_64 (64 bit)’ which is listed as part V37084-01. In this instance, I then created a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox