Connecting to roon server on ubuntu VM machine [Resolved]

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Hi,
I have roon server running on a Ubuntu 16.04 virtualbox on a freenas server. I assume the roonserver is running properly since i see “roonserver” and “roonappliance” processes in the system monitor program. I ran the check.sh script and all the dependencies are there. I am assuming there is no GUI on the linux side, but rather the server has to be administered from a client device like an android tablet.

My problem is that i have no clue how to connect to this virtualbox server from a remote client. When I had roonserver previously running on a “real” windows7 box the remote client would magically find the server and everything worked. don’t know if this is a firewall or network problem or some other issue. Does anyone have experience connecting to a server running on a VM?

Thanks,
Chris

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Yes I’m running RoonServer on a Debian VM (KVM-qemu) with no gui. It works fine, but I’m using a bridged Ethernet connection instead of NAT, so the server and all the clients are in the same subnet.

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Thanks for the reply. Are you using virtualbox or some other VM utility? I am wondering if you could add more detail about how this network is setup?

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As Erik said, this is almost certainly a NAT issue. You need to set up your VM in bridged mode.

Check what subnet your VM is running on by typing ifconfig in a terminal window of your Ubuntu install.

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Hi guys. You are correct! I setup the VM in bridged mode and the box became visible to my network. thanks for the help!

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