unable to give static IP to my machine

I have an issue while assigning static IP to my Machine. I am new to this forum and in Linux world as well, just now I installed Ubuntu Desktop LTS 14.04 on Virtual Machine. When I checked ifconfig in terminal it outputs:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:70:91:81 inet addr:192.168.163.129 Bcast:192.168.163.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe70:9181/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:115 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:163 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:30180 (30.1 KB) TX bytes:19458 (19.4 KB) Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:13170 (13.1 KB) TX bytes:13170 (13.1 KB)

and when I checked in /etc/network/interfaces file it contains:

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

I guess eth0 is missing in this file, so how should i go Please guide me , any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

1 Answer

To set a static IP in Network Manager click the network icon on top of the screen, select "Edit connetions", then select your connection and press "Edit". You will see this screen (select IPV4 tab):

Select "Method" as "Manual" and add the required information.

To be able to connect directly from outside, you will need to change VB network settings from NAT to bridge:

You also need to be sure that the static IP is within the network range of the outside network. And set the available gateway correctly too.