How to move a file into a Ubuntu guest in KVM?

fanoflq · 06-16-2017, 10:45 AM

I have a Ubuntu guest running in KVM.
How to move a file (e.g. a 2 GB file) from host (Linux Mint)
into that Ubuntu guest running in KVM?

I did not find any GUI methods to access external disk from the VM.
What did I missed?

Demosa · 06-16-2017, 11:26 AM

The typical way to move files between hosts and guests in a virtual environment is to use scp. Can go either way, so from the Mint host, you would run

Quote:

mint]#scp /path/to/file user@ubuntu:/destination/for/file

or from the Ubuntu guest

Quote:

ubuntu]#scp user@mint:/path/to/file /destination/for/file

Replace user@ubuntu with your ubuntu username and the ubuntu vm IP address, or user@mint with the mint user and mint machine IP address and you should be good to go

dejank · 06-16-2017, 11:34 AM

Use ssh, wget, rsync or curl to do it over internet. Just googe/duckduckgo it, you will find lots of examples.

fanoflq · 06-16-2017, 12:16 PM

I tried ssh, but it would not permit me to ssh.

Code:

 $ ssh sansforensics@192.168.122.223
ssh: connect to host 192.168.122.223 port 22: Connection refused

If you have time , try this VM image:

Click on link: "Download SIFT Workstation VMware Appliance Now - 2.4 G"

https://digital-forensics.sans.org/c...d-sift-kit/3.0

The VM image is the one I have problem with.

Do not do the "How To:" steps.

dejank · 06-16-2017, 12:37 PM

It is refused because you probably have firewall preventing you from connecting. So, both on host and guest, you need UFW. Use it for simplicity sake. Then do sudo ufw allow ssh on both host and guest. If you have ssh client/server on both installed and you got your IP addresses right, you will be able to use ssh. Or, as Demosa suggested, scp.

fanoflq · 06-16-2017, 01:03 PM

Ok. I will read up on ufw first.
I wish all distros standardize on firewall.
I thought they were using firewalld & firewall-cmd.

dejank · 06-16-2017, 01:15 PM

Quote:

I wish all distros standardize on firewall.

In a way they do. It is called iptables. Used firewalld and firewall-cmd, you will find UFW much more simple to use. It really is uncomplicated firewall :P