It has provided a drag-and-drop feature that allows copying or opening files from the host to the guest or from the guest to the host.If you are looking for a simple way, to share folders between the host and the guest.For a secured host/guest communication channels.When you look for better video performance, this provides the best time synchronization.When you want to share the clipboard of the guest operating system with the host operating system.The Virtual box Guest Additions are helpful in the following situations: They comprise device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability. VBoxLinuxAdditions.Guest Additions are designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. Check CDROM listing: ls /mnt this will also show you the CD contents.Mount the CDROM from the terminal: sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt.Open files and click on the CD, you should be able to view the CD Image contents.Insert the Guest Additions CD: From the top bar of your virtual machine click on devices then Insert Guest Additions CD Image.Install the needed dependencies: sudo apt install dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential.if there are updates then upgrade: sudo apt upgrade or from root apt upgrade.Update the OS: sudo apt update or from root apt update.I used this article as the base of installing it and making the video how to. This article has a good write up on what the Guest Additions provide you. The Virtual Box Guest Additions makes features such as copying and pasting between the host OS and virtual machine as well as running the virtual machine in full screen.
In this article I will show you how to install the Virtual Box Guest Additions on a Debian 11 virtual machine. As per best practice, I setup a virtual machine to test configs and updates first before deploying it to my production infrastructure. I have been working with Debian 11 and running docker on it to host a few applications at home.
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