VirtualBox Guest Addition Installation on Oracle Linux 7.5 | VirtualBox 5.2
13In this video we are goin to see how to install VirtualBox Guest Addition on Oracle Linux 7 Virtual Machine.
This is the step by step explantion videos covering.
1. Dependencies installations for Guest Addition.
2. Adding Guest Addition using ISO file.
3. Testing Shared Clipboard and File Drag and Drop.
The Guest Additions are designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. They consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability.
The VirtualBox Guest Additions for all supported guest operating systems are provided as a single CD-ROM image file which is called VBoxGuestAdditions.iso. This image file is located in the installation directory of VirtualBox. To install the Guest Additions for a particular VM, you mount this ISO file in your VM as a virtual CD-ROM and install from there.
The Guest Additions offer the following features:
Mouse pointer integration
Shared folders
Better video support
Seamless windows
Generic host/guest communication channels
Time synchronization
Shared clipboard and Drag and Drop
Automated logons (credentials passing)