How to Forward Ports to a Virtual Machine and Use It as a Server

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Published on Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:00:15 GMT Indexed on 2012/08/27 21:43 UTC
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VirtualBox and VMware both create virtual machines with the NAT network type by default. If you want to run server software inside a virtual machine, you’ll need to change its network type or forward ports through the virtual NAT.

Virtual machines don’t normally need to be reachable from outside the virtual machine, so the default is fine for most people. It actually provides some security, as it isolates the virtual machine from incoming connections.

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