VirtualBox

Opened 9 years ago

Last modified 9 years ago

#14061 new enhancement

VBoxManage CLI Support for configuring DNS server settings of the VirtualBox Host-Only Network adapters

Reported by: PhilG Owned by:
Component: network Version: VirtualBox 4.3.26
Keywords: dns configuration VBoxManage CLI Cc:
Guest type: Linux Host type: all

Description

Currently, when I create a VirtualBox Host-Only Network adapter, the DNS settings are essentially empty. (See VirtualBox Host-Only Network #3 below). For Windows hosts, one would have to manually follow the steps described here in order to configure this adapter to point to a DNS server (See VirtualBox Host-Only Network #2).

Functionality should be added to the network provisioning portion of the VBoxManage CLI which facilitates creating a network adapter with a DNS server. Without this functionality, the automatic provisioning of nameservers inside VirtualBox guest machines is not possible.

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network #2:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-98-93
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.103
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network #3:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #3
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-68-27
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.86.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Change History (1)

comment:1 by PhilG, 9 years ago

EDIT: There is nothing in the CLI documentation which indicates this is a planned feature.

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