The most common use case for VirtualBox is to run a web server inside the virtual machine and access it from the host. But what if you want to access your host from the guest? This can be useful, for example, if you have a web server on your host that you want to access from your guest. In this article, I will show you how to access your host’s web server from inside a virtual machine using VirtualBox.
Virtualbox Web Server Access From Host
The virtual machine that you are trying to access is running an operating system that does not support VirtualBox’s VNC server. The solution is to install a VNC server in the guest OS, and use the ‘Host’ PC’s browser to connect to it.
You can’t access a VirtualBox VM from outside network using this method. You need to set up port forwarding on your router, so that it forwards port 3389 (Remote Desktop) traffic to the machine running the VM.
You can access your virtual machine from another computer or mobile device. To do this, you need to make sure that the virtual machine is turned on and that there is network connectivity between the host and the guest.
For a Windows host, turn on Remote Desktop Connection in the Control Panel. For other hosts, refer to the documentation for your operating system.
Accessing VirtualBox remotely requires some additional configuration steps as described below.
You can access your virtual machine from another computer or mobile device. To do this, you need to make sure that the virtual machine is turned on and that there is network connectivity between the host and the guest.
If you want to access a virtual machine from your host computer, you can use the VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE).
VirtualBox provides a technology called VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) that enables you to connect to a virtual machine from outside the host system. This makes it possible to access your VM from another computer on your network, or even from a different physical location over the Internet if you use some form of remote access.
VirtualBox is an open source software platform for running multiple operating systems simultaneously on one PC. It’s free, so you can get started right away by downloading it from http://www.virtualbox.org/!
If you want to access the virtual machine from another computer, follow these steps:
In VirtualBox Manager, select the VM and click on Settings.
Click Network and select Adapter 2 (usually called Host Only Adapter).
Click on Adapter 2 (Host Only).
Click on Advanced tab.
Select Name Resolution.
Enable Use Host DNS.
Enable Automatically Assign IPv4 Settings.
Enable Automatically Assign IPv6 Settings if you have a static IPv6 address or use DHCP-PD.
This guide will explain how to access the VirtualBox web server from outside of your local network. It should work for any version of VirtualBox, including but not limited to 5.0 and 4.3.
This is useful if you want to access a web site from within a virtual machine that’s running on a computer that is not directly connected to the internet (or at least not connected to it through a router).
To get started, open up VirtualBox and go to File > Preferences > Network. Make sure that “NAT” is selected as your network type, then click the “Adapter 1” drop-down menu and select “Host-only Adapter”. All of these settings are shown in the screenshot below:
Next, go back to the main window and click on “Settings” under “Storage” in the left sidebar (by default it’s set to “Empty”). This will bring up a new window where you can add disks or attach existing disks from other machines that are on your local network:
Access VirtualBox VM from Another Computer
If you want to access your VirtualBox VM from another computer, you need to make sure that both the host and the guest are on the same network.
To do this, follow these steps:
1. On the host computer, open VirtualBox, click File > Preferences > Network, and click “Host Only Networks.” Click “Add” and enter a name for your new network. Make sure that it is not already in use on your network. For example, if you have a home router with a wireless network called “Guest”, then don’t call your new network “Guest” or else they’ll conflict with each other.
2. Connect both computers to the same network via Ethernet cables (or through wireless if you’re using an Ethernet adapter).
3. On the host computer, start up your VM as normal and log into it via VirtualBox’s built-in remote desktop feature (see instructions above).
4. On the guest computer, open up PuTTY or another SSH client program (if you don’t already have one installed). Connect to 127.0
To access VirtualBox, you need to know the IP address of your computer and the port number of your host machine.
To find out which port number you have to use, go to VirtualBox > Preferences > Network. Under Host-only Networks (or Bridged Networks), select your network interface, and then click on Advanced. In the Adapter Configuration tab, look at the DHCP server settings. There you will see your computer’s address and its port number.
If you are using NAT networking (which is the default setting), then try to connect through 127.0.0.1:30000 (for Windows hosts) or 10.0.2.*:30000 (for Linux hosts). If this does not work for some reason, then try 127.*.*.*:30000 instead.*
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
VirtualBox allows you to create and run multiple virtual machines on a host computer with Linux, Windows or OS X. It can be used to test-drive software on different platforms, run legacy applications on modern systems and re-use existing hardware on new machines. You can even install Microsoft Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, 7) in a virtual machine with other operating systems.
VirtualBox Features:
Virtual Machines: Create and run multiple virtual machines at the same time on your PC or laptop. Each VM has its own operating system installed and can be started with a click on its icon within VirtualBox. The VMs are started in seconds and they include a graphic user interface just like any other OS running natively on your PC!
Remote Desktop Protocol: Multiple users can connect to the same VM simultaneously from their workstations by using the integrated IP-based
VirtualBox is a hypervisor that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Oracle Solaris hosts and creates virtual machines.
VirtualBox is a product of Oracle and is open-source. It was originally created by Innotek GmbH, but was acquired by Sun Microsystems and then Oracle.
VirtualBox supports a variety of guest operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, OS/2 Warp 4.5, Solaris 11 and OpenSolaris 2008.0, OpenBSD 5.4/5.5/5.6.[2] Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) was released in October 2008 as the first 64-bit guest OS supported by VirtualBox.[3]
VirtualBox supports USB device sharing with other host computers;[4] this feature requires that the Guest Additions be installed in order to work properly.[5]
VirtualBox supports DirectX 7 through DirectX 9; OpenGL support is not included.[6][7][8]
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Virtualization of x86 and AMD64/Intel64 computers and operating systems:
VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris 10 guests; OpenBSD 5.1 guests; NetBSD 5.0 guests; FreeBSD 7 guests; Mac OS X 10.3.9 guests; Rhapsody DR2 guests; and Haiku R1 alpha 6.5 guests.