We have a software application mapped to certain mac address. I want to install the application on GCE VM, but I need to change the VM MAC address. Is it possible to change Google compute engine VM MAC address?
No, the GCE API does not make MAC address configurable.
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I'm doing some Ruby on Rails development on a WSL 2. The rails app connects to a MySQL server running on my Windows host. When I used WSL 1 it as easy to set the host to 127.0.0.1 but on WSL 2 I have to use the nameserver written in /etc/resolv.conf
But I found out that IP address written in resolv.conf changes on reboots.
Is there a way to set a static IP address for WSL 2 ?
You can consider ocroz/wsl2-boot (see INSTALL for installation instructions)
After running wsl-boot command:
The WSL network is configured as per its predefined definition always (Windows side),
All WSL hosts are configured with their predefined static IP always (Linux side),
All WSL hosts and connected Hyper-V VMs can talk to each other always,
The DNS resolution works however you are connected to Internet or VPN,
You can SSH to WSL host without any delay.
Dec. 2022, microsoft/WSL issue 4210 also adds:
With the latest Windows 11 (22621+), you can already specify the network adapter you want to use for WSL2 in .wslconfig:
[wsl2]
networkingMode=bridged
vmSwitch=my-switch
ipv6=true
So, now you can create a Hyper-V external virtual switch for WSL2 and fix the IP address, no other scripts are required. It works out-of-box.
The same thread adds:
Create a vSwitch in Hyper-V，I Use Hyper-V Gui to do this. Hyper-V has three types of virtual switches -- external, internal, and private.
I choose the "external" type , which is bridge type, the same as VMWare workstation.
set this config in .wslconfig
I find the IP change to the network of my home router，which is replace the old of eth0.
You can set DHCP in you home router, then Fix the IP of the bridge.
To sum up, in the case of bridge, it is essentially DHCP , and whether it is fixed or not depends on the DHCP server.
If you don't want /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf to change after restart, you can create
/etc/wsl.conf
[network]
generateHosts = false
generateResolvConf = false
I have created a VM instances on Google cloud and i want to access it from WAN. I try type address in address bar but it say server down. I can remote desktop to my window instance but cannot access it in browser.
What is the problems? How to solve it?
You can access linux instances with SSH and windows instances using remote desktop. More details can be found in the google cloud documentation here.
Update:
If you want to enable http access to your website then you need to
1) Make sure you are trying to connect to correct external ip address. Your server will either have a static or Ephemeral ip address. Ephemeral ip address changes every time you reboot your server. Static ip doesn't change, but it is not free. More details here.
2) Make sure you enabled http access in your firewall settings. (Maybe you forgot to check this option when you are creating your virtual machine?) To set the firewall settings go to Networking -> vpc network -> firewall rules
My kubernetes pods are all able to resolve hostnames and ping servers that are on the wider Internet, but they can't do either for our VMs running in the same zone & region on Google Compute Engine.
How does one tell kubernetes / docker to allow outbound traffic to the Google Compute Engine environment (our subnet is 10.240.0.0) and to resolve hostnames for that subnet using 10.240.0.1?
Very silly mistake on my part.
Our Google Container Cluster was configured to use a custom network in the Google Developer Console, while our Google Compute Engine VMs were all configured to use the default network.
That explains that. Make sure the machines are all on the same network and then everything works as you'd hope.
Is there a way to remote desktop into a Windows VM on google cloud via the web without using RDP.
I am able to connect to the VM via RDP, but would like to connect via a web application or other means.
Any suggestions?
I haven't tested it personally but VNC should work. You'll have to review and open the necessary firewall ports.
Www.realvnc.com
I am running VirtualBox on MacOS, I have a windows xp vm. I also have mysql database running inside the vm. The vm is configured to use Bridged Network Adapter.
When I am connected to a wi-fi network (at home), I am able to connect to the data running on the vm from my mac (host), by using the IP address of the vm in the connection string.
How do I do this when I am not connected to the network (when I am travelling on a train for example)?
What setting do I need to change on the VM so that my host can connect to the mysql database running on the xp vm?
There is no need for the VM to access the outside network etc... It is enough for the host to be able to access the database on the vm.
This can be solved by using port forwarding in VirtualBox with NAT as the networking mode.