Is their a way to access a web server such as windows server 2003 installed on a virtual box such as vmware from the host machine?
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Yes, you should just be able to point to the IP address of the VM.
How is your VM networking configured?
brien
2008-09-19 14:54:36
it was set to NAT networking, but i'm going to change it to bridged and assign it an ip address now.
ethyreal
2008-09-19 15:02:56
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I am doing this all over the place, just make sure that the vm has an ip configured.
DevelopingChris
2008-09-19 14:56:08
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If VMware is set to use bridged networking, then each guest OS effectively has its own IP address, like brien said, you just point your browser to that address.
Gabriel Ross
2008-09-19 14:57:24
perfect, i didn't want it to take over my localhost address if possible.
ethyreal
2008-09-19 14:59:47
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If you configure your virtual machine to use bridged networking, instead of NAT, it will have its own IP address "beside" the host machine, instead of a local IP address "behind" it. Then you can connect to the virtual machine, using that IP number.
(Disclaimer: I've used VMware workstation for several years, but not their server products.)
Thomas Padron-McCarthy
2008-09-19 15:01:24
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i believe vmware (workstation?) also has built in a virtual network client (VNC) that you can connect to - enable it by going to the configuration properties of the vm, and in the last tab there is a checkbox for it.
Chii
2008-09-24 11:48:29