Once it’s ready, go to “Devices” and select “Insert Guest Addition CD” from the VirtualBox menubar, as shown in the below image.

To install the “Guest Addition Image” on the virtual instance, you must first start the virtual instance and wait until it is ready to take your command.

Installing “Guest Addition Image” on the guest machine is the first and most important step to sharing a folder between the host and guest operating systems. So first, open the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and follow the below steps: Step 1: Mount and Install VirtualBox Addition Package Setting up shared folders in VirtualBox is a simple process that requires a few steps but should take no more than five minutes to complete. Steps to Enable and Acess Shared folder in Linux Environment Step 3: Add the current user to the Vboxsf group to view content.Step 2: Configure the guest machine to begin accessing files.Step 1: Mount and Install VirtualBox Addition Package.Steps to Enable and Acess Shared folder in Linux Environment.

Virtual box shared folder