Full Disk Encryptionįirst and foremost would be full disk encryption. Let’s start using a few of the features that we now have at our disposal. Once the extension pack is installed, your Preferences → Extension window will show something like this. In either case, give VirtualBox the permission to install the necessary packages. You will then be prompted for your root or sudo password (for Linux users) and Windows users will be greeted by a familiar UAC prompt. Click install and then Agree to the terms and services if you would like to use the extension pack. Since we obtained our extension pack from the official website, it is quite safe to install it. Upon selecting and clicking OK, you will be informed that some of the system level software can harm your computer if they are untrusted.
Most likely, it is in your Downloads folder. Use the icon on the right side which has a plus sign on it, to open File explorer and locate the Extension pack that we downloaded earlier, in your filesystem. In this Window, select the Extensions option from the left-side menu. Once the file is downloaded, open up your VirtualBox manager, from the top menu select File → Preferences (Top-left corner) and a new VirtualBox Preferences window will pop up. vbox-extpack which is the same exact file for any host operating system be it Windows, Linux or macOS.
The file is about 20 MB in size and has the extension. Click on “All supported platforms” to get this file.
To get your copy of the extension pack, visit the official VirtualBox site and scroll down to the Oracle section and download the extension pack for your running version of VirtualBox.
A few extra functionalities include NVMe support, Remote Desktop and PXE boot for Intel chips. Which is why you need to install the VirtualBox extension pack and agree to a different license in order to use it.įunctionalities such as USB 2.0 and 3.0 support, full disk encryption for your virtual disk images and even physical disk passthrough are available within this pack. The latter is released under GPL version 2 which is doesn’t allow the former to come preinstalled alongside VirtualBox core package. A lot of features offered by Oracle (the company that owns VirtualBox) are offered under a separate license from that of the core VirtualBox software.
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