You have installed your brand-new Ubuntu VM and would like to check the IP address? Well, there are few ways to get that done, just follow the instructions bellow., it will just take a couple of minutes,
As always make sure that you VMs are up to date by running:
sudo apt update
After that, make sure that you have the net-tools install
sudo apt install net-tools -y
1-Using ifconfig
After that you will be able to find your IP address by running the command bellow
ifconfig
2-Using the Hostname
Traditionally the hostname command is used to display the DNS of the host system but when coupled with -I, it will display the IP address too
sudo Hostname - I
3-Using ip a
Running the command bellow will also display your VM IP address
ip address
ip a