SID-02081: Twiki-Vm installation: This page can't be displayed

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.0.1	Perl version:	VM
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	VM	Last update:	11 years ago

Hi,

I am new to all this. I try to do myself what my company's IT doesn't want to do for me:).

So I downloaded the VM version that I am running into Oracle VM Virtualbox. I followed the tutorial (http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/DownloadTWikiVM).

I'm stuck at this step : Configure TWiki for proper use I cannot access the IP address from IE or firefox: this page can't be displayed.

I wonder If I did something wrong...

Thanks for the help!

-- Sebastien Digard - 2015-07-02

Discussion and Answer

I solved that part : In Oracle Virtualbox, the default network setting is NAT. I changed that to Host-Only adapter. Than in file/preferences/network, you can create a host only apter with your IP settings. Hope I didn't do anything wrong

-- Sebastien Digard - 2015-07-02

Actually, I am talking to myself here. My twiki cannot be accessed from another machine ... I'm learning!

-- Sebastien Digard - 2015-07-02

Hello Sebastien,

neither with a host-only nor with a NAT network you will be able to access your TWiki from another machine. The difference between the two is that with a NAT network, your guest system has the same "outbound" access to external sites as the host system - you might need that to keep your Linux OS up to date, or to install extensions.

If you want to access your VM from other machines, there are two methods:

1. you set your VM to "bridged" networking, which basically results in your VM getting an extra IP address in your network. Your company's IT might or might not like to see rogue IP addresses, but even if they accept it you might need to talk to the network guys to provide your VM with either a static IP address or a DNS entry, depending on whether the network is using DHCP.
2. you set your VM to "NAT" networking and enable port forwarding for the port you run TWiki on. With such a settung, the outside world has access to your TWiki as if it would run on the host system itself.

-- Harald Jörg - 2015-07-02

-- Sebastien Digard - 2015-07-15

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