How to access Oracle DB in VirtualBox from Host (windows)

Question

I installed VirtualBox with a Oracle VM.

Now I simply try to access the Oracle Database of the VM from the host environment, but it doesn\'t work.

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Answer 1

I usually do a bridged connection so the vm will pick up an ip address from my router's dhcp; if that option is not available, your other option is to employ port forwarding where you assign an unused port on the host machine to forward to the port on the vm. The virtual box manual has a lot of useful info on both of these options. Let us know if you need additional info or examples.