can i make a virtual machine the localhost on my computer

[ajoo]

Hi all,

 

I have a linux VM on my Windows computer and I use that for testing. I also have a xampp installed on my Windows machine and that is the default local host for the windows machine. 

 

So is it possible for me to make the VM act as a localhost for the windows machine as well? If so,  how? I hope that my question is clear.

 

I need to do this since I it's difficult to debug my flash files as the rest of the project is on the VM. I don't want to take move all the stuff back into the windows machine just to test the flash files there. 

 

Thanks all !

 

 

[kicken]

If you mean make http://localhost/ point to the VM, then afaik no you cannot do that (unless you proxy it).

 

What you can do is edit your hosts file and add a new entry that points to your vm's IP address, say vm. Then you could use http://vm/ to connect to your VM.

[gizmola]

To follow up on Kickens suggestion, here are instructions for how to find the Windows hosts file. It's just a text file so notepad or any other text editor will do.

 

I don't know what virtualization tech you are using, but they all have ways of sharing folders. This is the typical way that people develop. All your source is in a shared folder, so you can edit and see the results reflected by the serving of content from the VM.

 

The hosts file is a nice way to do that, but if you do follow that I would suggest you use a domain.tld. This is due to the issues that can occur with cookies when you don't use a "normal" domain name.

 

The special reserved tld's in RFC2606 are: .test, .example, .invalid and .localhost. I will use something like:

 

192.168.168.4  www.someproject.test

[ajoo]

Hi, Thanks Kicken & Gizmola,

 

Thanks for the reply and suggestions.  I am. in fact, already doing as suggested by you both. 

 

The problem lies with flash files that (i think) can be run only in the windows environment.To test locally on flash therefore I needed to work in windows and so needed the localhost on windows. 

 

In any case, I have eventually ported portions of the code in windows and am able to test locally now using localhost. 

 

Thanks very much !