How to create SSH connection with VM

First Learn some terminologies:

Host = your machine
Guest = your VM

Creating SSH connection from Host to guest

Step 1: Install SSH into both your host and guest (vm)

sudo pacman -S ssh for arch
sudo dnf install sshd for rhel based distros
sudo apt install ssh for debian based distros

Step 2: Make sure ssh service is running

check via systemctl status ssh
It should be showing active and running
If not start using systemctl enable ssh && systemctl start ssh

Step 3: Make sure port 22 is listening

lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN
It should be showing LISTEN on ssh and port 22

Step 4: Configure Network Setting of VM

Goto VM’s network setting and set network Attached to NAT
and click on Advanced and Open port forwarding and set it like below

Name	Protocol	Host IP	Host Port	Guest IP	Guest Port
ssh	TCP	-	2222	-	22

Step 5: Connect to VM’s SSH from your host

on your host open command prompt/powershell or terminal and
type: ssh -p 2222 username@localhost

How to connect to your Guest (VM) SSH from another computer

Step 1:

Make VM’s network setting “Attached to Bridged”

Step 2:

Note the IP of your VM using ip a

Step 3:

Connect from another computer
In another computer type this command
ssh username@ip-of-your-vm
ssh user@192.168.1.10

Notice this only works when both computers are connected in same network via wifi or LAN.