Connecting a VirtualBox VM to the internet

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I have built a Ubuntu Server 14.04.5 LTS server on a VirtualBox environment (VMware .vmdk format) to host an older LAMP app (CATS). Windows 10 desktop host.

Right now, can only get this VM accessing the internet with NAT networking. One-way traffic, to get updates. I need to generate some URL so I can interact with the web server locally, on this laptop.

Further (optionally) I would like to expose this VM-based webserver to the web, and let there be external access. I read that I need to use VirtualBox's Host Only networking, discussed in the VirtualBox docs here.

Two questions:

How can I at least get local access to this web server which is located on my VM? I understand that i will need port forwarding going, and I can't even get my static IP address to work with VirtualBox...

How can I allow external access to this vm-based web server? (optional, nice to have).

Any help would be appreciated!

asked Nov 24 at 16:51

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I did the same thing using VMWare disk on Virtualbox and it wasn't so pretty!
– George Udosen
Nov 24 at 17:39

you have misread the document, host-only is exactly what is says - only the host and VM on that host can communicate and the virtual machines cannot talk to the world outside the host since they are not connected to a physical networking interface.
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:43

the networking part you need is virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#natforward - 6.3.1. Configuring port forwarding with NAT. and then you port forward it to your host from router
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:48

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I have built a Ubuntu Server 14.04.5 LTS server on a VirtualBox environment (VMware .vmdk format) to host an older LAMP app (CATS). Windows 10 desktop host.

Right now, can only get this VM accessing the internet with NAT networking. One-way traffic, to get updates. I need to generate some URL so I can interact with the web server locally, on this laptop.

Two questions:

How can I at least get local access to this web server which is located on my VM? I understand that i will need port forwarding going, and I can't even get my static IP address to work with VirtualBox...

How can I allow external access to this vm-based web server? (optional, nice to have).

Any help would be appreciated!

asked Nov 24 at 16:51

zoomiest

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I did the same thing using VMWare disk on Virtualbox and it wasn't so pretty!
– George Udosen
Nov 24 at 17:39

you have misread the document, host-only is exactly what is says - only the host and VM on that host can communicate and the virtual machines cannot talk to the world outside the host since they are not connected to a physical networking interface.
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:43

the networking part you need is virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#natforward - 6.3.1. Configuring port forwarding with NAT. and then you port forward it to your host from router
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:48

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I have built a Ubuntu Server 14.04.5 LTS server on a VirtualBox environment (VMware .vmdk format) to host an older LAMP app (CATS). Windows 10 desktop host.

Right now, can only get this VM accessing the internet with NAT networking. One-way traffic, to get updates. I need to generate some URL so I can interact with the web server locally, on this laptop.

Two questions:

How can I at least get local access to this web server which is located on my VM? I understand that i will need port forwarding going, and I can't even get my static IP address to work with VirtualBox...

How can I allow external access to this vm-based web server? (optional, nice to have).

Any help would be appreciated!

asked Nov 24 at 16:51

zoomiest

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I have built a Ubuntu Server 14.04.5 LTS server on a VirtualBox environment (VMware .vmdk format) to host an older LAMP app (CATS). Windows 10 desktop host.

Right now, can only get this VM accessing the internet with NAT networking. One-way traffic, to get updates. I need to generate some URL so I can interact with the web server locally, on this laptop.

Two questions:

How can I at least get local access to this web server which is located on my VM? I understand that i will need port forwarding going, and I can't even get my static IP address to work with VirtualBox...

How can I allow external access to this vm-based web server? (optional, nice to have).

Any help would be appreciated!

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I did the same thing using VMWare disk on Virtualbox and it wasn't so pretty!
– George Udosen
Nov 24 at 17:39

you have misread the document, host-only is exactly what is says - only the host and VM on that host can communicate and the virtual machines cannot talk to the world outside the host since they are not connected to a physical networking interface.
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:43

the networking part you need is virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#natforward - 6.3.1. Configuring port forwarding with NAT. and then you port forward it to your host from router
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:48

add a comment |

I did the same thing using VMWare disk on Virtualbox and it wasn't so pretty!
– George Udosen
Nov 24 at 17:39

you have misread the document, host-only is exactly what is says - only the host and VM on that host can communicate and the virtual machines cannot talk to the world outside the host since they are not connected to a physical networking interface.
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:43

the networking part you need is virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#natforward - 6.3.1. Configuring port forwarding with NAT. and then you port forward it to your host from router
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:48

I did the same thing using VMWare disk on Virtualbox and it wasn't so pretty!
– George Udosen
Nov 24 at 17:39

you have misread the document, host-only is exactly what is says - only the host and VM on that host can communicate

and the virtual machines cannot talk to the world outside the host since they are not connected to a physical networking interface.

– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:43

you have misread the document, host-only is exactly what is says - only the host and VM on that host can communicate

and the virtual machines cannot talk to the world outside the host since they are not connected to a physical networking interface.

– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:43

the networking part you need is virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#natforward - 6.3.1. Configuring port forwarding with NAT. and then you port forward it to your host from router
– Zina
Nov 24 at 17:48

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