Access Tomcat localhost:8080 of guest VirtualBox VM from Host OS

Question

I have an XP laptop on which I am running an Ubuntu distro inside VirtualBox which is running a website via Tomcat. When I am in the VM I can access the site with localhost:8080

Answer 1

Setup your VM to run a host-only network, then reboot or restart networking to update DHCP. The IP address on the guest will now be accessible from the host.

You can also use bridged network mode, but that won't work when the host is disconnected from the network.