Vagrant reverse port forwarding?

Question

I\'m working on a web services architecture. I\'ve got some software that I need to run on the native host machine, not in Vagrant. But I\'d like to run some client services

Answer 1

I can access services running on my host machine via its local IP address (not its loopback address). I tested by creating an http server on port 80 (and then on port 987) and curling 197.45.0.10:80 and 197.45.0.10:987 (actual ip address changed to protect the innocent). It worked both times, and I don't have any special vagrant configuration (no public_network, no forwarded_port) and while I do have some ports forwarded via PuTTY, I don't have ports 80 and 987 forwarded. So maybe try using the host machine's local or public IP address.

And if you want to access (ssh into) one guest vagrant instance from another, you can enable public_network as well as forwarding from port 22 in the Vagrantfile like this:

config.vm.network "public_network"
config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 22, host: 2200

Then as long as that port is open (ie do some more port forwarding in your router config) you can access that machine from anywhere, even the outside world.