How to Run an Ubuntu Server VM with VirtualBox (and login via SSH)

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• Thank you, good tutorial easy to follow. liked

• I figured out everything except when I go to ssh into the server from my Ubuntu desktop I get Permission denied, please try again. That I have not figured out yet.

• i keep getting this error……………………vagrant@localhost: Permission denied (publickey).
  how do i go about it?

• Well Done Boss

• Is there any way to access that VM from another machine ?

• if you stil get connection refused message check your windows firewall settings or another app that using port 22. For me it was xamp

• Thankyou. Best tutorial I have found. I intend to run a plex server on Ubuntu. Just trying it out locally first.

• but how to set my own resolution (1920×1080)? It's not so convenient to work in 800×600

• Thank you 😊

• Thanks

• Great tutorial! thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!

• I need to to this on proxmox. Hmm. Port forwarding?

• I followed your process but when it asked me for my password I got this Permission denied, please try again

• I followed your precise, but when it asked for my password on my terminal, it said this Permission denied; please try again

• can u also teach us how to point A Record of domain to that ubuntu server?

• still cannot login using ssh, may you show your /etc/hosts sir ?
  1 name = jammy
  2 server name = jellyfish
  3 username = jammy
  4 password = jammy

  ssh jammy@jellyfish
  Permission denied, please try again.

• how did you fix the ssh connection error?
  did you delete the known_hosts file?

• This is exactly what I was looking for, good job man

• and how can i make it so I can connect to it from my notebook which connected via wifi to the same network in which pc with virutal machine is?

• Thank you for this video

• Thanks

• THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS

• Maaaaannnnnnn!!! you save me!!! So many thanks!

• Are you on an intel mac in 2023?

• daşşağını yerim beni büyük bir dertten kurtardın

• minute 5.45 I have Cancel update and Reboot instead of Reboot now. When I choose that, it enters in "Rebooting" infinitly. Any idea to solve it ?

• 👍🏼 Good job and many thanks. From Jack in Taiwan,

• Great video Tony! I did not know about that headless mode and the port forwarding! Nice!

• Thank you. I had this problem of localhost ssh

• thks☺

• I need something similar my friend using oracle-Ubuntu to make a private vpn please ill pay you for your time thanks with Putty too

• Hi Tony, great tutorial! Thanks!

• I have the problem that I followed all the steps in the video, but when I try to connect via ssh I get the error ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused. I configured the network part the same with port 22

• Bravo tony

• well done there my friend. is there any significant difference with virt manager?

• this tutorial was a real pleasure to watch lol

• Thank you so much for this clear and easy-to-follow video! I followed your installation steps and successfully forwarded the guest port 22 to another port on host

• Try login to server trough Putty and got: "No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)"

• I've always wondered how people run virtual servers on their Windows laptops using VirtualBox. However, when I tried the same, I ended up with the Ubuntu GUI interface. Today, I found out that I should have chosen the Ubuntu Server version instead of Ubuntu Desktop.

  😂 How foolish of me. Thanks, mate.

• Hello, can you tell me how to make outside ssh connect to this virtual server ?

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