Network settings for ClearOS in VirtualBox

ClearCenter offers an almost ready to go VirtualBox image:

http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/downloads.html

With the first boot it provides a web based configuration GUI via URL

https://10.0.2.15:81/

Per default it is not possible to access this URL from the host machine which runs the VirtualBox virtualization software. So it is necessary to forward the request to the virtualized guest (ClearOS).

Changing these settings doesn’t need a shutdown of the server, it could be made during a running guest system!

Select ClearOS machine > Settings > Network > Port Forwarding

I defined a forwarding of port 8181 of the host machine (here 127.0.0.1) to port 81 (as provided from ClearOS) to the guest: (check the Guest IP, it is written in the welcome screen)

Now it is possible to access the web based configuration tool via:

https://localhost:8181