Configuring VirtualBox networking
When configuring the OpenStack environment within VirtualBox, the following networks are required:
Network Type |
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Network |
Adapter Address |
DHCP |
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NAT |
<default> |
<default> |
<default> |
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The host-only networks will be configured within the Preferences window of the VirtualBox application, while the NAT network is a default network provided by VirtualBox that uses the host machine to provide outbound connectivity through the use of Network Address Translation (NAT). The configuration of the host-only networks is covered in the following sections.
Configuring host-only networks
To configure host-only networks within VirtualBox, open up the Preferences window. On a Mac OS X machine, this can be found under the VirtualBox menu. On a Windows machine, this can be found under the File menu. By default, the General...