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With guest addition installed, the virtual machine adjusts to match the resolution of the host system.

Enhanced Video Performance: By default, virtual machines come with a display that is much smaller and does not provide a resolution that matches that of the host system.

Shared Folders: The guest additions also enable you to make folders that can be accessed by the virtual machine as network shares.

Mouse Pointer Integration: Recall how you usually have to press a combination of keys to release the mouse pointer from the virtual machine? With Virtualbox guest additions, that becomes a thing of the past as you can comfortably move your mouse pointer to and from the guest and host OS.

Drag and Drop: Additionally, Virtualbox guest additions enable you to drag and drop files between the host and guest operating systems.

Shared Clipboard: You can seamlessly copy and paste content between the host and guest operating systems.

VirtualBox guest additions provide extended features such as: VirtualBox also includes VirtualBox guest additions which are additional applications and drivers that improve the performance and usability of a virtual machine. KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-693.17.1.el7-x86_64Ħ.As you might know, VirtualBox is an open-source hypervisor that allows users to create virtual machines and test-run different operating systems. KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`-`uname -m` # Current running kernel on CentOS 5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5 # Add KERN_DIR environment variable # Current running kernel on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30, CentOS 8/7/6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8/7/6 #

Yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perlĥ. Install following packages # Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 #ĭnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl libxcrypt-compat On CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 8/7/6/5, EPEL repo is needed # CentOS 8 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8 # Mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions

Mount VirtualBox Guest Additions device mkdir /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions Next shutdown your virtual machine attach this iso and boot. Note: Some cases you might need Guest Additions Test Build ISO from here. Update virtual machine kernel and reboot # Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 and CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 #Ĭlick Devices > Install Guest Additions… on VirtualBox Make sure that you are running latest kernel Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL) 1.