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Asked: 2026-05-21T01:59:18+00:00

New to webdevelopment and virtualization I just installed the Ruby On Rails Turnkey appliance

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New to webdevelopment and virtualization I just installed the Ruby On Rails Turnkey appliance on my computer using Virtualbox.

The installation was easy but there is one thing the newbie I am do not understand.

Via Vista’s Explorer I just can’t find the files of the 2 ROR applications I created with the Web Shell.

I know I created one new hard drive when installing the ROR appliance. I was just wondering whether I can access to these files via Vista’s Explorer (if it is possible)
(I know I can do it via the Web Shell).

Does the .vdi file (the file containing the ROR appliance hard drive) act like a black box ? I just can’t see there how many files are in this .vdi file.

Additional info :
OS : Vista

Thanks in advance for your answers.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The Rails appliance (and any TurnkeyLinux appliance) isn’t going to share files by default. The easiest way for you to get in will be to use an SSH/SFTP client to access the folders on the system.

    SSH/SFTP connection

    For my Turnkey boxes I use FileZilla to connect as root@10.0.2.15:22. Note that the actual IP address will change but you should see it on the blue splash screen after your Turnkey guest VM has booted.

    Port Forwarding – last resort

    If for some reason you can’t access the IP address listed on that screen then you can set up port forwarding in the Virtualbox settings under Devices > Network Adapters > Port Forwarding. In that case you’ll forward host port 2222 to guest port 22. Once that’s done retry a FileZilla connection to root@localhost:22.

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