Appendix B: Linux Troubleshooting

As a Linux user, installing the software is incredibly easy but you’ll usually need an extra step to connect to the server once it’s running. By default Linux will not allow you to connect to the IP address, you will need to run the following commands as root:

sudo ip link set vboxnet0 up sudo ip addr add 192.168.10.1/24 dev vboxnet0

Depending on your distribution you may need to manually load VirtualBox’s kernel modules. If later you see a warning about VirtualBox’s Kernel modules, run the following commands:

sudo modprobe vboxdrv sudo modprobe vboxnetadp sudo modprobe vboxnetflt

This will need to be run each time you reboot your computer. To make the changes permanent refer to your distribution’s manual regarding kernel modules.