Setting up Sendmail on Virtualbox?
I have two OS Fedora 9 and Fedora 10 Dsktop Version running on Virtualbox on Ubuntu 9.04. I want to testdrive Sendmail throuhg Fedora 9 as server and Fedora 10 as Client. How to setup the sendmail server?
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Hello your_shadow03 :)
Set up sendmail in exactly the same way you would on Fedora running on real hardware. Are both the Fedora instances running in VMs on the same host OS? Is one the host? Is one running on a different computer on your LAN or elsewhere? Answers to those questions might raise VirtualBox-specific issues about IP addresses; the client needs to know the server's address. Best Charles |
Yes. The Two Fedora OS are running on the single host( Ubuntu 9.04).
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Hello shadow03 :)
So each instance of Fedora will run in a virtual machine (VM) defined by configuration in VirtualBox on the host. By default, the VMs' NICs will be NAT-attached. For NAT-attached VM NIC's, VirtualBox running on the host acts like a router. It provides a DHCP server and NAT translation. This is, in effect, like the common arrangement of a private LAN connected via router to an ISP. It has the same restrictions; services running on computers on the (virtual) private LAN can only be reached through the router by port forwarding. And it has more restrictions (from VirtualBox 2.0.6 documentation) that are seldom significant but are included here for completeness: Quote:
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I need the server and client architecture in between my Two VM ware Machines ..ie Fedora 9 and Fedora 10.. so that I can do R&D with Various Servers Setup.
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Hello your_shadow03 :)
OK -- if you only want to network between the VMs then the simplest thing to do is go with VirtualBox's default NAT-attached but not use DHCP. This is not the only option but it is the simplest. There might be a problem if you clashed with the 10.0.2.0/24 address of the virtual router. Not knowing what that is (and not wanting to research it right now), the simplest would be to pick some other non-routeable IP range addresses -- say 192.168.1.128 and 129 -- and configure those within your Fedora instances. Best Charles |
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