How do I access localhost ports on a virtual pc?

Question

I've downloaded and installed the Microsoft Virtual PC and Windows XP mode image for testing IE6. I have several projects on localhost that I access by port numbers in my vhosts file, for example:

Listen *:82
<VirtualHost *:82>
    DocumentRoot "path/to/htdocs/project-folder/public/"
</VirtualHost>

In the virtual machine I have changed the hosts file so that http://mymachine redirects to my root localhost directory (equivalent to http://localhost:80/).

How do I set up the virtual machine so that http://project-n/ goes to the correct localhost port? And sadly, http://mymachine:82/ doesn't do the job =(

Richard Parnaby-King · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-03T14:22:46.850

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On the virtual computer, in the hosts file I have added

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx      project-n.dev

where the x's are my host computer's ip address.

In my host computers httpd-vhosts.conf file I changed the *:80 port to localhost:80. I don't know why this works, just that it does.

My httpd-vhosts.conf file now looks like:

<VirtualHost localhost:80>
    DocumentRoot "path/to/htdocs/"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:81>
    DocumentRoot path/to/htdocs/project-a/"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:82>
    DocumentRoot path/to/htdocs/project-b/public"
</VirtualHost>

Now, in the virtual pc, when I goto 'http://project-n:81/' it will load project-a, and'http://project-n:82' loads project-b/public =D

edited May 03 '11 at 14:22

answered Jun 25 '10 at 13:31

Richard Parnaby-King

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Shouldn't `http://mymachine:81` be `http://project-n.dev:81`? If not, what's that for? – David Rhoden May 02 '11 at 20:55
It should be. You are correct, sir. I shall correct my answer – Richard Parnaby-King May 03 '11 at 13:47
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The hosts file is usually located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows XP. – freeall Apr 02 '13 at 13:25

How do I access localhost ports on a virtual pc?

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