Accessing a CentOS 7 server running on VirtualBox from outside

apache-http-servercentosvirtualbox

Is it possible to access my Apache server from outside the VirtualBox on Google Chrome browser on my host computer? Its running on CentOS 7 on VirtualBox. I have tried connecting to the ip address of the CentOS virtual machine but it didn't work. Its using 'Bridged Adapter' networking in the VM settings and i checked the ip address using the 'ip addr' command. Thanks.

Best Answer

I met the same issue. I fixed it as the following:

In the VM network settings, using 'Bridged Adapter'.
Turn on the port of CenOS7: using the following command in terminal(for example port 8080): $ firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8080/tcp $ firewall-cmd --reload

My environment:
Host : Win7 64bit
Guest:CenOS 7

Related Solutions

Windows – Connect to CentOS httpd server running on VMware Player

I ran into this recently, and it turned out to be a firewall issue. The default iptables blocked any incoming port (except ssh).

Here's an intro on iptables if you're not familiar with it: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables

And you need to make sure to at least allow port 80 incoming.

Centos – Can’t seem to SSH into the CentOS Virtualbox

In your screenshot, the host and the guest have the same IP. That doesn't seem right. If you've set your VM to use NAT, it will receive its own IP address. Port forwarding shouldn't be needed (unless you want to be able to connect to a service inside your VM through your hosts networking interface).

To determine your local IP address, run the following command inside a shell on your VM:

ip a

Best Answer

Related Solutions

Windows – Connect to CentOS httpd server running on VMware Player

Centos – Can’t seem to SSH into the CentOS Virtualbox

Related Question