How to access Windows guest server IP from Ubuntu Host OS in VirtualBox

Question

I am using a Ubuntu 10.04 OS as host and Windows 7 as a Guest OS. I want to run some selenium test in my Ubuntu Linux OS whose selinum server is launched in my Windows 7 Guest OS. The guest OS I can access the selenium server as http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub. However, I am not able to access the same from my Host OS.

I tried different solution online but this combination seemed rare and I never shortlisted on any answer. Most of the things I've seen were to use the IP as 10.0.2.2 from the Host, which left me trying http://10.0.2.2:4444/wd/hub from the host OS with hardly any luck.

Please help me. I am really stuck on this one.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to use the Virtual OS's IP address. For Windows 7 as the guest, click on Start, type cmd and press Enter. Type IPCONFIG and press Enter. Look for the IPv4 Address, and use that in place of the IP address.

The issue is that each device (physical or virtual) requires its own IP address on the network in order to connect. In the default mode, VirtualBox will assign its own address and address range to the virtual machines, and "bridge" the connections with the host to get Internet Access. That is where the whole 10.0.2.2 thing comes in. Your address may be different though, so that's why it's good to just double check as described above.