Browser woes

[rad1964]

I have set up MySQL database for wordpress, I have wordpress installed, I can not use a browser on my host machine to navigate to the install.php file. How do I get a browser inside virtualbox?
My shared folder (C:/sandbox/) has 2 portable browsers (.exe) waiting to be deployed. I can not access them.
I installed a LAMP stack (ubuntu 64).
I tried to access the shared folder by using \\<my computers name>\sandbox
I am new to VB and Linux commands, I just started learning last week.

Thank you,

rad1964

[BillG]

To access the vm from the host, the host and guest must be in the same network, which is not the case with the default NAT setting.

Open the built-in manual (click Help in the VirtualBox Manager window) and read chapter 6 on networking, particularly 6.7 Host only networking.

[rad1964]

Ok, I have setup the host-only network adapter, When I ping the host from the guest (ifconfig) ping 192.168.56.1
I get ping back, so it is seeing the host. My issue is, how to I navigate to the install.php page of my wordpress that I installed on the guest machine. I have setup the database and the wp-config.php file for WP.
but where or where can I use firefox or chrome on my host machine to see the graphical interface of connecting the Database to the wordpress install?!?!

I have xampp setup from a different project and that uses localhost/wordpress to connect to xampp's WP install, not my virtualbox wordpress install.
In firefox I type: http://192.168.56.1 and hit enter, if forwards to my xampp install http://192.168.56.1/xampp/

Confused, but not quite dazed...

rad1964

[rad1964]

I have now installed Gnome desktop to my virtual box and I have successfully "seen" Firefox browser, but how do I navigate to the wordpress install so I can connect to the wordpress database?!
When I ran ifconfig on the guest, eth0 = 10.0.2.15, eth1 = 192.168.56.102, lo = 127.0.0.1
I tried all of these IPs in the guest Firefox browser all give back: Unable to connect:
Firefox can't establish a connection at 192.168.56.102
Firefox can't establish a connection at 10.0.2.15
Firefox can't establish a connection at 127.0.0.1

If it was speak like a pirate day I would be saying.. arrrrrrgh!

rad1964

[BillG]

If the host can see the guest and vice versa, that is all that VirtualBox can do for you. What happens next is a Firefox/Wordpress matter and will be exactly the same as if they were two physical machines. The networking protocols work just the same way - they cannot tell if the machines or networks are physical or virtual.

[rad1964]

Thats great, but what do I do?

[BillG]

Ask in an appropriate forum. Your question is no longer relevant for this one. I do not use Linux or Wordpress, so I couldn't help you anyway.