When I'm using VMware Workstation, Can I access the localhost of my Guest server from the Host?

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kinopyo picture kinopyo · Oct 29, 2010 · Viewed 16.5k times · Source

I'm newbie to the linux and apache server configuration so please give me some advice.

I installed VMware in my WinXP and installed CentOS5 to it. After I set up Apache server in my CentOS, I can access that server from my CentOS(of course). But is there a way to access that from my Windows?

I think that is definitely possible if some ip address and apache configuration is set properly...

Answer

castis picture castis · Oct 29, 2010

Go into the device settings on the VM and make sure your ethernet adapter is set to bridged.

Refresh the eth0 interface in centOS and run 'ifconfig' to get the IP address.

At that point you should be able to just throw the IP into a browser on the host machine and be good to go.

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