Accessing VirtualBox client from host

Assuming that you are a developer on Windows that run a VirtualBox instance for a server, you might find it difficult to browse/access the “virtual” server that are running as a client. Here’s an example of the config required for standard HTTP, HTTPS and SSH, you can easily expand for other services as needed. Example assumes that your client is named “Ubuntu64”, you need to change appropriately for each client.

NOTE: if you are using a Linux host, the commands are similar.

cd C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ApacheHTTP/HostPort 80
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ApacheHTTP/GuestPort 80
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ApacheHTTP/Protocol TCP
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ApacheHTTPS/HostPort 443
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ApacheHTTPS/GuestPort 443
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ApacheHTTPS/Protocol TCP
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/Tomcat/HostPort 8080
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/Tomcat/GuestPort 8080
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/Tomcat/Protocol TCP
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/SSH/HostPort 22
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/SSH/GuestPort 22
VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Ubuntu64" VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/SSH/Protocol TCP
VBoxManage.exe getextradata "Ubuntu64" enumerate