

This point is especially important if you are looking for how to install Ubuntu 64-bit on VirtualBox. Your CPU (Central Processor Unit) must support Intel VT-x or AMD-v hardware virtualization features which must also be enabled in UEFI/BIOS. In order to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox, you should have a physical computer with at least 4 GB of RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive with at least 30 GB of free space (SSD is preferred due to its higher performance). Make sure that VirtualBox is installed on your physical machine before proceeding. The operating system (OS) runs on a physical machine is referred to as a host OS, and the operating system run on a VM is called a guest OS (Ubuntu in this case).

Today’s blog post explains how to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox.


Installing Ubuntu on VirtualBox as a virtual machine (VM) has a lot of advantages – you can create a snapshot and roll back changes to the appropriate VM state if something goes wrong, clone a VM, copy a VM to another machine easily (all VM data is stored as a set of files), or run a VM on different host operating systems that are supported by VirtualBox. Your SSH server will start up automatically.Whether you are looking to try out some software, prepare for migration to Linux from Windows or macOS, test applications, network, or otherwise, you need to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox. On the virtual machine, install SSH using the command: sudo apt install openssh- server Launch VirtualBox and then start your Ubuntu virtual machine from the GUI. In case you don't have a guest OS, here's how to install Ubuntu as a guest operating system on VirtualBox. This guide will demonstrate the process with Ubuntu Desktop as the host OS and Ubuntu Server as the guest OS in VirtualBox, but the procedure is basically the same regardless of the operating system you are using. Also, the PC you are initiating the SSH connection from needs to have an SSH client. To be able to SSH into another PC, the system must be running an SSH server and its service should be enabled. Of course, you can use SSH on full-blown desktop environments too. SSH is one of the primary ways of administering and interacting with Linux servers that do not come with a GUI. Step 1: Installing SSH on the Virtual Machine
