How do I view a website in my desktop browser from a web app running in server in a VM on my desktop?

161 Views Asked by bgibson At 08 August 2010 at 22:21

I am running Ubuntu on my workstation, and headless Ubuntu Server in VirtualBox on this same workstation.

I'd like to write a web app and deploy it on Ubuntu Server in the VM, then load it in a web browser on my workstation.

Is this possible, and if so how? Thanks!

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bgibson On 10 August 2010 at 06:30 BEST ANSWER

Found the answer: Change the Virtual Box -> Settings (for the guest OS) -> Network -> Attached to: Bridged Adapter.

Nils Weinander On 10 August 2010 at 06:42

If you want to keep NAT, you can use port forwarding, see this, exchange the ports to 80 and 8888 (or something) to do the same for HTTP.