So on your host machine, fire up your web browser and in the address bar type the appliance's ip address. On the config console screen (the first screen the appliance boots to before you login) you will find the ip address and the addresses for accessing other services (ip followed by :port).
FYI you don't need to login to your appliance at the command line to use it in the web browser. Other than initial setup (getting the ip address) and serious Linux administration you do not need to have the appliance VirtualBox window open at all, ever (the appliances are ideal to run on headless servers).
You access the appliance using a web browser
So on your host machine, fire up your web browser and in the address bar type the appliance's ip address. On the config console screen (the first screen the appliance boots to before you login) you will find the ip address and the addresses for accessing other services (ip followed by :port).
FYI you don't need to login to your appliance at the command line to use it in the web browser. Other than initial setup (getting the ip address) and serious Linux administration you do not need to have the appliance VirtualBox window open at all, ever (the appliances are ideal to run on headless servers).