Running Toaster in VirtualBox ============================= Toaster is launched via the command in VM: $ source toaster start webport= The interaction with Toaster web server is done via a host internet browser. The particular steps depend on the actual networking being used by the VirtualBox. Bridged Network =============== Find out your VM network IP address: $ ifconfig IP address is listed under eth0 inet addr. It should be something like: inet addr:192.168.1.18 Launch the Toaster web server in VM: $ source toaster start webport=192.168.1.18:8000 Interact with the Toaster web server with your host browser using URL: http://192.168.1.18:8000 NAT Network =========== Find out your VM network IP address: $ ifconfig IP address is listed under eth0 inet addr. For NAT network it should be something like: inet addr:10.0.2.15 When using NAT network, the VM web server can be accessed using Port Forwarding. Using the VirtualBox GUI, navigate to: Settings->Network->Adapter1 You should set: Attached to: NAT Select "Advanced", click on "Port Forwarding" This will open a new dialog box "Port Forwarding Rules". Create a new rule that looks like this: | Name | Protocol | Host IP | Host Port | Guest IP | Guest Port | +-------+----------+---------+-----------+----------+------------+ | Rule1 | TCP | | 8000 | | 8000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Now we can launch the Toaster web server in VM: $ source toaster start webport=10.0.2.15:8000 Interact with the Toaster web server with your host browser using URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000