Access webserver in VM

Herbi · Post by **Herbi** » 17. Feb 2009, 12:36

Hi!

I have a VM with a Debian webserver. The network connection is set to NAT.

I want to connect from my host to the webserver on the guest system. How do I set up a port forwarding rule to make this possible?

Greetings,
Herbi

Post by **TerryE** » 17. Feb 2009, 14:18

You forward localhost:8080 -> guest:80, then browse http://localhost:8080/

This will work as long as all of your hrefs host relative. However since 2.1, I've stopped stopped doing this and just use a Host IF -- far simpler

Herbi · Post by **Herbi** » 18. Feb 2009, 08:55

Thx!
Does Host IF work if my host is not connected to a network?

Post by **TerryE** » 18. Feb 2009, 13:25

You are correct in that if you do not have a "connected" then Host IF doesn't work correctly. Something to raise as an issue, I think.

Post by **vbox4me2** » 18. Feb 2009, 14:45

Or buy a 20$ switch and plug it in.

Post by **TerryE** » 18. Feb 2009, 22:57

You might also be interested in http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3376