how to access linux vm host from putty

1. Right click on the VM and Goto settings.
2. click on add
3. Now, select Network Adapter

4.    Now, select “NAT: Used to share the host’s IP Address”

5.Hit below in a terminal window

                                 system-config-network.

             This will open you a new window like below

6. Click on “New” now. This will open a new window like below. And you need to select Ethernet connection now. And click forward. And now, select the new one which was added previously. In my case, it is eth2.

7. Now, for this select automatically obtain IP address settings as below.

8. Now, click on forward. And in the next screen, click on apply

9. Now, it has reached the list. Now, just select eth2. Click on activate now. And you will get option to select yes or no. In that, select yes. And in the next window, click ok.

10. Close the window of network configuration now.
11. Now, you need to hit this in terminal window. (THIS NEED TO BE DONE TWO TIMES)

                               service network restart

12. Hit below command and grab first IP Address

                               ifconfig eth2 | grep “inet addr”

13. Open your ssh software. Mostly putty.

Now, you can access your system through putty