Connect to the host machine from a VirtualBox guest OS?
Problem
I'd essentially like to access my host computer from the guest in VirtualBox. Is there an IP address given for my host which I can use from the guest? Are there extra steps required to set this up? I'd like to access my host's Apache, FTP, and SSH services.
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Fix for: Connect to the host machine from a VirtualBox guest OS?
This answer is about pretty much an guest OS setup in VirtualBox; you just need to use the network gateway address on the guest OS to connect to the host OS from a guest OS. In the default Vagrant setup, you should be able to reach your host through the default gateway. On Windows based guests, you can easily determine this IP address by running the command: It should dump out something like this: In this example, the guest can reach the host machine . On Unix/Linux based guests, use the comman…
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