How do I create a shared folder in Whonix?

Question

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and I'm running Whonix as a VM inside VirtualBox.

How exactly do I create a shared folder in Whonix?

Answer 1

First off, on your operating system that hosts virtualbox, so in your case Ubuntu 24.04, go and make a folder (put this folder wherever you want) and give this folder a name something like “WhonixSharedFolder", moving on to the next step.

So when you first come into Whonix workstation, go down to the bottom right corner of the screen and you see those icons? Hover over them and they’ll tell you what they are, find the one that says “shared folders” and then right click on it and go into “shared folders settings”. You see the green plus sign, when you hover over it it’ll say “adds new shared folder”, click on it. Ok now in “folder path” go and select the “Whonix shared folder” that you created on your host operating system.

Note: Do not manually set the mount point of the shared folder, leave that part blank.

Check “auto-mount” and check “make permanent” and then hit ok. Now go into file manager (in Whonix workstation) and it should be there under “Devices”. I guess if it isn’t showing up at first then restart Whonix but it should show up.