using VMWare Player 5, how can I access a web server running in a VM via an external machine?

Question

Win7 PC running Rails in an Ubuntu VM via VMWare Player. I\'m working on a site and would like to show it to a friend who\'s outside my network.

I found this blog post,

Answer 1

1. Find the vmnetnat.conf file, usually located in

   C:\ProgramData\VMware\vmnetnat.conf
   

   or

   C:\Users\Application Data\VMware\vmnetnat.conf
   

2. Edit vmnetnat, add similar line in the [incomingtcp] section

   8200=192.168.198.184:3000
   

3. Restart VMware NAT Service.

Answer 2

You can use an http proxy to do that, by doing that you don't need to expose your entire private network, check out this blog post for more information how to access docker containers from external devices

Answer 3

Try using Bridged network option in vmware player instead of NAT. It replicates your physical network.