How to change local IP to domain name so a host can access a VM?

windows-7 networking debian domain

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Very easy to do, find your Windows 7 hosts file and put an entry in it. The Windows 7 system will now be able to resolve the name to the IP. I'm running a similar dev environment as to what you're describing. Windows 7 Host running Virtual Box with an Ubuntu server VM.

Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Add a line as follows

92.168.56.101           www.example.dev

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melanie

Updated on September 18, 2022

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melanie over 1 year

I've managed to set up a Debian server (in a VM) and now I can access it in the Windows 7 host at 192.168.56.101

Is there any way to "map" that IP to a domain name? It doesn't have to be accessible from the internet, just from the host. Because it's annoying to type the IP in the browser every time I want to access it.
- Kruug almost 11 years
  
  Have you tried connecting via \\<vm name>?
- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams almost 11 years
  
  Are you running nmbd in the guest?
- melanie almost 11 years
  
  I'm sorry I don't know what's that :) How do I check if I am?
- jason almost 11 years
  
  What do you mean "access/map?" You mentioned you are using a browser, are you trying to connect to a Web server you have installed?
- melanie almost 11 years
  
  Yes. It's apache running on debian, which is running in virtualbox, under windows 7
- Fiasco Labs almost 11 years
  
  Put an entry into your hosts file that has the desired host name pointed at the ip.
- melanie almost 11 years
  
  in /etc/hosts ?