I am using VirtualBox in Ubuntu with WindowsXP as the guest OS.
In Ubuntu I have a PHP/MySQL server running as localhost and with the VM network set to bridged I am able to connect to localhost from the VM.
However, I would like to limit the VM Guest to be able to continue connecting to localhost but NOT be able to connect to the internet.
This is a security thing - I don't want to have to install firewalls and virus checkers in the VM just to keep it safe - It is being used as a testing platform and only needs to connect locally.
Does anyone know how to do this? Iv spent time searching, but all I find are articles etc that show how to connect the VM to the internet, exactly the opposite to what I want to do.
Okay, so that doesn't exactly do what I needed, but this is:
1) Networking for VM set to 'Host Only'
This creates a new adapter called vboxnet0
2) On the command line 'ifconfig vboxnet0'
This should give you a bunch of stuff, but in there somewhere is an IP address. Make a note of it.
3) Control Panel->Internet Options->Connections Tab->LAN Settings
Make sure both items in automatic configuration at the top are NOT checked then click 'Use a proxy server for your LAN'
Enter an imaginary address and click 'Advanced'
At the bottom of the next window, in the Exceptions panel, type the address that you got from part 2 (ifconfig vboxnet0)
Click all the okay buttons to get out.
4) In all browsers the Ubuntu localhost can be reached by:
http:// [IP from part 2]
Phew! I think that did it. I hope this might help someone else.
M
Ill answer this myself just in case anyone else wants to know:
In the Windows guest:
Control Panel->Internet Options
Select the 'Connection Tab'
Make sure that 'Automatically detect settings' is off
Click 'LAN Settings'
Check 'Use proxy server' and add an IP that does not exist
Click 'Advanced'
Add your localhost IP to the section at the bottom: 'Do not use Proxy server for.....'
Your browsers should still be able to reach localhost for testing, but cannot reach the internet. Since there seems to be no connection Id hope that it works both ways (and I'm happy for someone to point out if that is not correct)
Cheers
M
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I use a local Python web server on my Windows machine. It’s simple, but good enough while in the static web page development stage. I just run it with something like this on my WSL command line:
python3 -m http.server
I can also access it on mobile devices on the same network, by going to my local address, e.g.: http://192.168.1.12:8000. All was good, until suddenly I could no longer access it on external devices, I got a “server not responding” type of message. Also, I could clearly see that when I refreshed the page on my phone, there was no GET request on the logs.
Immediately I tested on the local machine, and it was still working fine. This obviously smelled like a Firewall. In Linux, I’d know what to do, but it’s the first time I had to deal with this on Windows. This is what I’ve tried, without resolving the connection problem:
I opened the Event Viewer but could not see any obvious logs to check
I stopped the server (CTRL+C) and started it again on another port (5000). The Windows Firewall message popped up again asking for permission for Python3 to access the “Public network” and the “Private network”. Normally I just tick the “private network” but this time I checked both, as a troubleshooting step, in case my Wi-Fi was incorrectly being considered “public”.
I went to Windows Firewall and temporarily shut it down on the private network.
I installed and tried running nmap on the WSL, but it failed to run and prompted me to install the Windows version instead.
I installed and ran the Windows version of nmap but it told me that port 5000 was open.
What is the recommended way to troubleshoot and fix this issue?
Still suspecting the firewall, I tried something new, I switched off the “public network” firewall. I tested on my mobile and the page loaded as normal again! I immediately turned the firewall back on. Tested the page on my mobile once more, still fine. So, the solution was to toggle the public network firewall. I would make it more generic and toggle all firewall categories on Windows. And of course, I would make sure that the firewall stays on, this was a very quick operation.
I thought I’d put this here rather than ServerFault or SuperUser as it could potentially be more useful to developers, and it took a precious hour of my time. I still don’t know why it stopped working on its own in the first place. Better troubleshooting steps or suggestions are welcome, but I probably won’t be able to verify it as I don’t know how to purposely induce the issue.
Another solution that worked another time, was to delete all instances of Python 3.8 from the list of allowed apps (I don't know why Windows shows the same app multiple times) then (re)start the Python server and allow it through when the Firewall question pops up again.
In windows firewall you may have 4 options to configure your local web server when you are creating new Inbound connections rule.
1 Program
2 Port
3 Predefined
4 Custom
Try to use port only in "TCP protocol" and the custom port.
Allow connection.
Select: all checks: domain, private and public.
Enter a name.
Thats all.
I would like to know if it is possible to use no-ip to be able to remotely enter a netbeans project raised at the address http://localhost:8084 executed with the "run project" button or if it is possible to do that by modifying something inside of the netbeans. Thank you.
You need to figure out the IP of your machine on your local network.
To do that, follow either of the following tutorials :
Find your local IP with Windows cmd
Find your local IP with Mac System Preferences
Afterwards, you can enter that IP instead of "localhost" and that address should work on any computer on the same network, assuming your firewall is not blocking it (by default it should not).
I installed usbwebserver
everthing is running, I am trying to reach the root page index.php?
I read everything I possibly can and sorry but I still cant figure out how to reach my localhost
I reach my page with localhost:8080 and the page I want shows up but if I replace it with IP:8080 it does not.
I am trying to reach this page outside of my local network.
I'm sorry, I need to provide you a separate answer for your reformatted question for the "down the street" scenario. I can troubleshoot a few of the issues you're probably having.
ISP's don't typically allow residential internet connections to serve resources over port 8080, or 80. Even if you were to configure your computer as needed, if you're on a standard internet service provider they're probably blocking you in the middle even if you have punched holes all your local security in an attempt to serve assets over port 8080/80.
Assuming they don't allow that you're going to have to first configure your outbound middleware(php in your case) to listen to calls into your ip on a different port. ( You can do this in your C:\WAMP\ folder, in the "wampserver" configuration file. Here's a good walkthrough here: (http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,13744)
Now, you're going to have to drop any firewalls windows/ubuntu/macOS are providing on that port. (This is the part where you've rolled out the red carpet for hackers to get into your box(es) so be careful!) Here's a link for a short and sweet explanation on windows here: (http://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/turn-off-windows-firewall-19396.html) Note that you can open individual ports, you don't have to drop your entire firewall.
Make sure you have opened up access to any folders/mySQLdb's/resources to outside requests as well (seriously, this is a REALLY bad idea from an #home server if you don't know what you're doing)
Then figure out the correct ip and the correct port and give it a go! If it still doesn't work you can download a program like [wireshark] (https://www.wireshark.org/download.html) or [fiddler] (http://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler/fiddler2) to debug your inbound/outbound traffic and see what the machine's seeing before your browser/server gives you any user visible information.
One thing to note, if you are an amateur web developer your homepage is called "index.html" not "home.html" "home.html" only works fine locally, but internet browser engines look by default, for "index.html"
Lastly, and I really can't stress this enough don't host through your personal ISP and serve files from your own machine. Hosting through Fatcow, or hostgator, or any of the other hosts is really honestly dirt cheap and they know far better than you or I do about security.
That said, I hope very much that you succeed in using my answer, or at the very least learning something from it. Happy Coding!
http://www.canyouseeme.org/
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go to a command line, type "ipconfig"
Hit Enter.
Under "Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
It should be the third line down, has your following:
IPV4 Address : 192.168.1.xxx where "xxx" is your ip
address.
USE "//" + "the ip address shown for (ipv4)" plus ":8080" and your default page
should show just fine.
For example, if your cmd "ipconfig" for this process reads: "192.168.1.12"
your total URL in your browser will be "//192.168.1.12:8080"
Note that I used 2 forward slashes prior to using an IP address on your
local network. That let's your computer know it's using your network, not
the actual internet. The slashes alone may solve your problem. Also note, if you're accessing a database through your webapp, you will also need to properly configure your db settings to allow access.
First find your outside ip adress not local ip. After that go into router panel and open to use from apache server. Anyone able to access that port now. You can connect outside your local website now. If you can't do that. Try again. This is the way to doing this.
Already, I've checked at least 20 resources and am out of ideas:
I have a clean, remote Ubuntu EC2 instance, fresh from the AMI, having stopped only to install LAMP, phpmyadmin, and xdebug on it. Yes, I have configured my remote EC2 instance's php.ini file as follows:
Meanwhile, back on my laptop I have Netbeans & Eclipse installed. While I can get either to seamlessly upload and Run my php web app on my EC2 site (via SSH/SFTP) as soon as I hit "Debug" from either, index.php gets uploaded, a browser window opens, and then NOTHING HAPPENS. The page doesn't load, the Debug perspective doesn't open, breakpoints don't get triggered, nothing. Netbeans just hangs out saying "waiting for connection" whereas Eclipse just sits at the notorious 57% level (& yes, I toggled the xdebug.idekey before testing with Eclipse)).
So I tested xdebug's functionality on my server according to the instructions found here and here (both passed). I tried changing to port 9001 (in remote php.ini as well as in local Netbeans/Eclipse), I even tried launching this brand spanking-new EC2 instance with pretty much open Security group settings (SSH=0.0.0.0/0), but nothing seems to be working. I am out & out flummoxed, a self-confessed noob, and appreciative of any insight seasoned professionals in the community may have to offer.
Thanks,
Debbie
This feels like a networking issue to me. Port 9000 may not be accessible. The quickest way to test is to telnet to port 9000 on the remote system (if you have a telnet client installed that allows you to specify which port to telnet to). If the telnet attempt times out or is closed by the remote system you will see the error and this verifies that there is a networking issue.
I would check /etc/services to make sure that port 9000 is not reserved for use of something else. If port 9000 exists and is uncommented then something else is using the port and that services does not know how to respond to your request so it hangs.
I would do a netstat (lookup params to see "all" listening ports) and make sure the remote system is listening on port 9000. If you don't see port 9000 then the remote system is not configured to establish the connection.
If you are on a WIFI network then port 9000 may need to be port forwarded to the remote system using the internal cable modem configuration menu/utility. This is the scenerio I favor because I've wasted so much time solving this kind of problem with different software.
Good luck, you have more troubleshooting ahead of you and different questions to ask to resolve your problem.
thank you for reading my question.
I want to login the virtual machine romotely through rdpweb shipped with virtualbox sdk.Of course, the virtual machine was installed in the virtualbox.The rdpweb(a folder) contains 4 files, webclient3.html, swfobject.js, webclient.js and RDPClientUI.swf.
Firstly, I copy rdpweb to the /.../tomcat/webapp. So i can visit webclinet3.html now. And there is a image which shows what i get.Sorry, i haven't enough reputation for posting a image.I just can put a link to the image.
http://i.minus.com/jbdHDzjWwQntWQ.PNG
An error happened. Google says that putting the crossdomin.xml to the root of webapp would solve the bug.The bug may be aroused by flash.But it is invalid for me. Why ?
My physical host is win7(ip:192.168.1.107), and my virtual guest is windowsxp(ip:192.168.1.111). The version of the virtualbox is 4.1.8.
Any help would be appreciated!Thank you very much.
I am so sorry for my poor english.
Update:
Your configuration looks like you have configured your WinXP guest with a bridged network adapter, and you are trying to connect directly to it. Have you enabled Remote Desktop on the WinXP guest? Go to the Control Panel -> System applet, then choose the remote tab and be sure to check both boxes to allow remote desktop connections. You will also need to make sure the firewall will allow this connection to the guest.
VirtualBox also have the capability to serve up a virtual machines display over RDP or VNC (VNC in the OSE - Open Source Edition). If you are wanting to use that capability then you should be connecting to the HOST IP address - not the guest. Since your host is Windows 7 you will also need to adjust the Remote Display Server Port for your guest (in the VM Settings in VirtualBox) to use a port besides 3389. I usually pick 3390. Your screenshot doesn't show somewhere you can enter the TCP port, so this approach may not be supported, but you could try appending :3390 to the IP address.
Original Answer:
Could you post the crossdomain.xml file you are currently using? This is almost certainly a problem with it.
My guess is that your crossdomain.xml file should look something like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- http://127.0.0.1:8080/crossdomain.xml -->
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain="192.168.1.111" />
</cross-domain-policy>
You could start with just putting * instead of the IP address in the file as well - though that is generally not recommended as it opens the possibility that the flash player can access any resource on any network. It would make it easier to access other virtual machines you might use in the future with different addresses.