IIS in VirtualBox serving files from shared Ubuntu folder

Posted by queen3 on Super User See other posts from Super User or by queen3
Published on 2010-03-30T12:25:08Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 12:33 UTC
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Here's the problem:

  • I want to use Ubuntu.
  • But I need to develop ASP.NET (MVC) sites.
  • So I setup VirtualBox with Win2003 and IIS6.
  • But I would prefer my working files to be located in my Ubuntu home folder.
  • So I setup shared folder in VirtualBox and make IIS6 virtual directory work from there.

The problem is, IIS6 can't do this. Whatever I try (mapped drive, network uri path) I get different IIS errors: can't access folder (for mapped drive), can't monitor file system changes (\vboxsvr share path), and so on.

Is there a way for IIS6 in virtual machine to configure virtual application folder to be on host machine (Ubuntu) - be it shared folder, mapped drive, smb share, or whatever?

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