Testing Webserver (httpd) at VirtualBox

Now, my challenge is to browse websites hosted in CentOS which is running in a VirtualBox window. Already installed httpd, php, mysql, perl etc. and they are working fine. I could manage to test a script using text based web browser lynx.

Now, I am going to try from host pc using graphical browser. I'll have to define a ip address at guest CentOS then try to browse it.

Before starting, I have to change network settings of virtual box for CentOS installation. I changed it at virtualBox>Settings>Network>Attached to, choose "Host-only Adapter" then clicked "Ok". Now it's ready for doing the rest.

I forgot the way how to change ip, searching, but finding nowhere. What happened!! Better keep searching my notes of my B.Sc networking classes. I don't know where to find them. Wow, I have found those notes, but they are about Red Hat, I have to make them useful for my current CentOS.

Yeah, I can now browse hosted files from guest pc. Let me tell what I have done:

First, I have checked virtual host-only network ip address of host pc.

Then, I have edited ip address of guest "centos" by the following command prompt codes:

vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

pressed "i" for inserting text into the script, started from at end of the lines there. Added these following lines:

BOOTPROTO=static

IPADDR=192.168.56.5

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=192.168.56.1

For your information 192.168.56.1 is the ip address of host-only network card (virtual).

Then restarted network by the following command prompt code:

service network restart

Then, went to my graphical browser at host, and got the default centos-apache page. And also could browse my hosted files.