How to access shared folders in UTM Ubuntu VM

Install Guest Tools in Ubuntu

For VirtIO-FS or SPICE WebDAV to function correctly, you need the appropriate guest tools installed. Open a terminal in your Ubuntu VM and run the following command to ensure they are present
bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install spice-vdagent spice-webdavd davfs2


If you've configured a VirtIO-FS share in UTM's settings, you'll need to manually mount it.

Create a directory where you will mount the shared folder:

bash
mkdir ~/shared

Mount the shared folder using the virtiofs type. The share name used by UTM is typically share.

bash
sudo mount -t virtiofs share ~/shared

You can now access your shared files in the ~/shared directory.

To make the mount permanent, you can add an entry to your /etc/fstab file, which will automatically mount the directory on boot.