Addressing localhost from a virtualbox virtual machine

 

I have a local test/development server (http, of course), listening to port 8000,

I'm working on Linux, so to test the page on IE6/7/8 etc I run a virtual machine using virtual box; I also need to see how it look on firefox in a windows environment (fonts for instance are different).

In my real machine, I open the website simply using the URL http://localhost:8000 , how do I address this localhost from the virtual machine?

Right now my workaround is to use the IP address. Any better ideas?

Googling turned this up: http://data.agaric.com/localhost-from-virtualbox-xp-install-ubuntu

It suggests using IP: http://10.0.2.2 , and it worked for me.

So, I edited the hosts file, C:windowssystem32driversetchosts , and added this entry: 

10.0.2.2   outer

If you're testing on IE8, remember to put http:// in the address bar. Just putting the ip directly will not work.

For example: 

http://10.0.2.2:3000/

macOS

I'm running Virtual Box on macOS (previously OS X), using Virtual Box to test IE on Windows, etc.

Go to IE in Virtual Box and access localhost via http://10.0.2.2 for localhost , or http://10.0.2.2:3000 for localhost:3000 .

I kept Network settings as NAT, no need for bridge as suggested above in my case. There is no need to edit any config files.

To enable this on OSX I had to do the following:

  • Shut your virtual machine down.
  • Go to VirtualBox Preferences -> Network -> Host-only Networks -> click the "+" icon. Click OK.
  • Select your box and click the "Settings" icon -> Network -> Adapter 2 -> On the "Attached to:" dropdown, select "Host-only Adapter" and your network ( vboxnet0 ) should show up below by default. Click OK.
  • Once you start your box up again, you should be able to access localhost at http://10.0.2.2/

    • You can refer to it by localhost and access other localhosted sites by adding their references to the hosts file ( C:windowssystem32driversetchosts ) like the following: 

    10.0.2.2    localhost
10.0.2.2    subdomain.localhost
    链接地址: http://www.djcxy.com/p/2996.html

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