How to use Putty to connect to a virtual machine?

Question

I am running a virtual machine on Virtual Box

On running ifconfig eth1, I get inet addr: 192.168.56.11 and many more values.

How do I use Putty (ssh) here? I entered 192.168.56.11 on the Host Name and 80 on the Port Number, but Putty can't connect.

I am trying to follow the guidelines from this course:

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cs144-misc/instructions/vm.html

What exactly does Putty do? I don't understand why I need to do this.

Answer 1

PuTTY will open a "network" between both machines. You'll get a console (like the shell) when you'll be connected. Really useful to administrate remote server from your computer.

Usually, the port is not 80, but 22.

Answer 2

For oracle vm virtual box:

1)Power of your machine

2)goto Settings -> Network -> Adapter1 -> Enable Network Adapter -> select "Bridge Adapter" in Attache To tab and click 'ok" button

3) open terminal in virtual box and type" ifconfig"

in first paragraph

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:fb:d1:28 inet addr:172.16.2.199

4) Here ip address is "172.16.2.199" using this ip and port 22 ,you can login through putty and winscp also