VirtualBox: Bridged Connection Not Working with .ova - High Sierra

Question

I just bought my first Macbook today (long time Windows user) but I am running into issues loading in the .OVA of Rapid 7's "Hackazon" vulnerable web app into VirtualBox and getting a bridged connection. I know there are lots of these questions that have been posted about networking with VMs, but I have followed all of the suggestions from a dozen forms and nothing seems to work, and I would really like to not regret buying this machine. Here is my setup:

VirtualBox Settings: Settings Screenshot

This is the error that I get when the machine loads Error Screenshot

VM showing no network interface ifconfig output

Since this is a brand new machine, are there any Mac permissions networking configurations that I should be aware of? Am I missing something dumb? This generally worked when I used VMs in the past.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Huh--strange! So it turns out that it was something with that particular .ova file. I just downloaded Ubuntu and it was able to bridge no problem. I guess that's something that I need to report to Rapid7.