Mounting shared folder - Virtualbox

Download the virtual box from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads.

Select import option from file menu to extract the vmdk from .ova file.

Setting up network -> preferences and and enable host-to-host

in the guest, run $ sudo dhclient to assign the ip address.

Mounting shared filesystem:

Settings -> shared directory-> add new shared directory “vmshared”

Devices -> insert guest addition CD image

mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 vmshared <mount-point>