The following tabs are available for configuring the display for a virtual machine.
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On the Remote Display tab, if the VirtualBox Remote Display Extension (VRDE) is installed, you can enable the VRDP server that is built into Oracle VM VirtualBox. This enables you to connect to the console of the virtual machine remotely with any standard RDP viewer, such as mstsc.exe that comes with Microsoft Windows. On Linux and Oracle Solaris systems you can use the standard open source rdesktop program. These features are described in Remote Display (VRDP Support).
On the Recording tab you can enable video and audio recording for a virtual machine and change related settings. Note that these features can be enabled and disabled while a VM is running.
As you adjust the video and audio recording settings, the approximate output file size for a five minute video is shown.
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There are various types of Network Mode available with Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player. These two are the most used Virtualization Software by end users for performing R&D and testing.
Before we jump into out main topic on how to connect virtual machine to internet connection, you must have Oracle VirtualBox installed on your environment Server and also you must be familiar with the different types of Network Modes and which one would help us connect to internet using our Linux or Windows OS from the Virtual Machine.
I have written another article with detailed explanation of different network mode available with Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player. So in this article I will be very brief and touching only those areas to cover our primary agenda to enable and connect virtual machine to internet connection.
Still installing Linux manually?
I would recommend to configure one click installation using Network PXE Boot Server. Using PXE server you can install Oracle Virtual Machines or KVM based Virtual Machines or any type of physical serverwithout any manual intervention saving time and effort.
Below are the Network Modes using which you must use to enable and connect virtual machine to internet connection
How Bridged Network Works?
With bridged networking, Oracle VM VirtualBox uses a device driver on your host system that filters data from your physical network adapter. This driver is therefore called a net filter driver. This enables Oracle VM VirtualBox to intercept data from the physical network and inject data into it, effectively creating a new network interface in software.
When a guest is using such a new software interface, it looks to the host system as though the guest were physically connected to the interface using a network cable. The host can send data to the guest through that interface and receive data from it. This means that you can set up routing or bridging between the guest and the rest of your network.
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How NAT Networking works?
Network Address Translation (NAT) is the simplest way of accessing an external network from a virtual machine. Usually, it does not require any configuration on the host network and guest system.
A virtual machine with NAT enabled acts much like a real computer that connects to the Internet through a router. The router, in this case, is the Oracle VM VirtualBox networking engine, which maps traffic from and to the virtual machine transparently.
How to select/change Network Mode in Oracle Virtual Box?
The Network Mode can be changed even when the virtual machine is in running state but it is still recommended to perform this activity after powering off the VM.
How to select/change Network Mode in VMware Workstation Player?
The Network Mode can be changed even when the virtual machine is in running state but it is still recommended to perform this activity after powering off the VM.
NOTE:
If you are yet to create virtual machine then during the initial setup process you can select Bridged or NAT as the Network Mode for the Virtual network Adapter.
Connect Virtual Machine to Internet Connection using NAT
I would assume that you have selected NAT as the Network mode for your VM's Adapter already.
For NAT it is important that you leave your network settings to use DHCP. There are no manual changes required from the end user here for default settings. ![]()
On RHEL/CentOS environment verify your network configuration. Verify the HINT:
BOOTPROTO directive of your interface configuration file
In my case the configuration file name is ifcfg-Ethernet_connection_1, this may vary for your environment so check accordingly.
Also you can verify the same using
nmcli , to list the available network connections
Here we have a single connection '
Ethernet connection 1 ', so verify the BOOTPROTO for this connection
As you see our IPv4 connection is set to
auto , for a static ip this will be set to manual
My
/etc/resolv.conf file
On Oracle VirtualBoxIMPORTANT NOTE:
There is a difference how NAT works in VirtualBox and VMware. In Oracle VirtualBox NAT is much like a private network behind a router, the virtual machine is invisible and unreachable from the outside internet. You cannot run a server this way unless you set up port forwarding. But in VMware Workstation Player you can directly connect to your virtual machine using NAT IP Address.
List the available interface and identify the interface for which you have configured NAT as Network Mode in the Settings
In NAT mode, the guest network interface is assigned to the IPv4 range 10.0.x.0/24 by default where
x corresponds to the instance of the NAT interface +2. So x is 2 when there is only one NAT instance active. In that case the guest is assigned to the address 10.0.2.15, the gateway is set to 10.0.2.2 and the name server can be found at 10.0.2.3.
You can change the default NAT network for individual virtual machine using below command on your Windows Machine under the home directory of VirtualBox
This command would reserve the network addresses from
192.168.100.0 to 192.168.100.254 for the first NAT network instance of 'VM name '. The guest IP would be assigned to 192.168.100.15 and the default gateway could be found at 192.168.100.2 .
To remove your custom changes for NAT Network
Now try to connect virtual machine to internet connection
NOTE:
In some cases if you are unable to connect virtual machine to internet connection using NAT then try switching your adapter type. Some times the Adapter Type can be the cause of the problem. In my case for VirtualBox I have to use virtio-net as the Adapter Type
How to change Adapter Type in VirtualBox?
In VMware Workstation Player 15 I could not find any option to change Adapter Type for NAT Networking.
On VMware Workstation Player
Here my VM on VMware Player is on DHCP and is configured as NAT in the VM Settings and I am able to connect to the Virtual Machine from my Windows host laptop.
My
/etc/resolv.conf which gets automatically populated by NetworkManager
My default gateway
Connect Virtual Machine to Internet Connection using Bridged network
For Bridged Network Mode, you can use both DHCP or static IP for your Virtual Machine. I hope you have already changed the network Mode of your Virtual Machine Adapter to Bridged to be able to connect virtual machine to internet connection.
The steps to use Bridged Network is same for both Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player
NOTE:
To have a static IP you must be aware of the subnet, gateway and DNS details which your router is using so that you can use the same for your system's IP configuration.
We will continue to use DHCP for demonstrating this article so verify your network configuration as explained earlier in this article
My new IP Address is now
As you see the IP Address has changed, now I am getting the IP Address directly from the router which should be in the same subnet as from where my laptop is getting the IP as we are using the same router.
https://heavenlytry209.weebly.com/blog/database-for-macos-which-can-read-filemaker-files. Below is the IP Address from my laptop using
ipconfig command
So my laptop and virtual machine, both are using 192.168.0.1 as the default gateway.
Check if you are able to connect virtual machine to internet connection
NOTE:
Install Ubuntu Using Virtualbox
You must login to the console of the virtual machine using VirtualBox/VMware and restart your network interface using '
systemctl restart network ' to get new address if you were using NAT or any other Network Mode.
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Lastly I hope the steps from the article to connect virtual machine to internet connection on Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player using Linux was helpful. So, let me know your suggestions and feedback using the comment section.
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