From b3d4d03a3a6516b25c6ac138207fe9a97d6ef1f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Megan Marsh Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:31:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] document httpip in virtualbox builder --- website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html.md.erb | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html.md.erb b/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html.md.erb index 5b43b5aab..3c9967e7a 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html.md.erb +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html.md.erb @@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ Ubuntu 12.04 installer: ] ``` +Please note that for the Virtuabox builder, the IP address of the HTTP server +Packer launches for you to access files like the preseed file in the example +above (`{{ .HTTPIP }}`) is hardcoded to 10.0.2.2. If you change the network +of your VM you must guarantee that you can still access this HTTP server. + For more examples of various boot commands, see the sample projects from our [community templates page](/community-tools.html#templates).