You are back in the Network Settings windows. 'If a TCP connection is received on the Host on TCP port 2222, send it on to the Guest on TCP port 22'

Guest IP is left blank - there is no need by default to change this.

It means that ANY MACHINE that can access your Host on TCP port 2222 will be able to talk to the SSH on your guest.

Host IP is set to nothing - this is on purpose, and is equivalent to saying 0.0.0.0.

You can do this from the VirtualBox Manager (right click on the VM name on the left side of the window, then choose Settings.), then choose Network.

To enable port forwarding, open the settings for your Virtual Machine.

access a service on the Guest, a web server for example ?.

the Host, and other machines outside, cannot access the Guest.Įverything is fine while you are using the console, as we have done so far, but what if you want to:.

in NAT mode, the Guest can access the outside world, but does so while being NAT'ed behind the IP of the Host.

We have discussed this earlier, but as a reminder: 2 Why Port Forwarding ?īy default your VM is created with a network connection in NAT mode.

You will use the Port Forwarding network feature of Virtual Box, and configure it to access your guest VM via SSH.

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