virtualbox networking

18.December.2008 at 15:55 (libre) (, )

just a quick guide for virtualbox networking using nat. i wanted to ssh to a guest box. in order to achieve this i had to do some port forwarding stuff:

VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/HostPort" 2222
VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/GuestPort" 22
VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/Protocol" TCP

where guestname is the name of the guest box. as you can see i ‘m using the pcnet network adapter (i guess you can change it with the one you use). ssh on the above commands is just a name. you can make several rules as long as you change that name. for instance:

VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/http/HostPort" 8888
VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/http/GuestPort" 80
VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/http/Protocol" TCP

now on my host machine i can just do:

ssh user@localhost -p 2222

you can see all the options you ‘ve already set with the following command:

VBoxManage getextradata guestname enumerate

and delete them by just leaving blank the last option:

VBoxManage setextradata guestname "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/http/HostPort"

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gentoo greek community

14.December.2008 at 15:57 (libre) ()

gentoo greek community is active again! today we had a meeting at a cafeteria in athens. it was really fun meeting people that i talk with them almost everyday on irc. of course here in greece good food is a regular tradition after coffee, so we continued the day on a nearby tavern.

i hope that real soon we’ll have more news on gentoo greek community activities ;)

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