[Freedombox-discuss] virtualbox image
----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick M. Daly <nick.m.daly at gmail.com>
> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>; "freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org" <freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Cc:
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] virtualbox image
>
> Jonathan Wilkes writes:
>
>> Hello,
>> ???? So I've got the virtualbox image booting.? What's the next
> step
>> to bringing up the browser interface (presumably on the host machine)?
>
> :)
>
> Hi Jonathan, thanks for testing!
>
> The weekly image I'm building right now makes this a bit easier, but
> you'll want to do the following:
>
> 1. Get your IP Address:
>
> ? ? [ log in as the root user, with password "freedom" ]
> ? ? # ifconfig
>
> ? That'll tell you your box's IP address.? You'll need that later.
>
> 2. Build Plinth:
>
> ? ? [ log in as the fbx user, with password "frdm" ]
> ? ? $ cd ~/
> ? ? $ su -c "apt-get install python-bjsonrpc python-augeas"
> ? ? $ make
>
> 3. Edit the cfg.py file, replacing the host = "127.0.0.1" line with:
>
> ? ? ? host = "0.0.0.0"
>
> ? That makes the web UI available to any computer.
>
> 4. Now, try running the UI:
>
> ? ? $ ./plinth.py
>
> ? Now, on the host machine, point your browser to:
>
> ? ? $ http://(your box's ip address):8000
I was suspicious about this direction, but I tried it anyway to confirm
it would fail.? It did indeed.? My box has chosen a public address for itself
and obviously typing a public address in the host machine browser is
going to take off to the internet to find that address.
Was I supposed to change a network setting in virtualbox?? I followed the
directions on the wiki.
-Jonathan
>
> It should show you the UI.
>
>
> If you get some error about file permissions, do this as root:
>
> ? # chown -R fbx:fbx /home/fbx
>
> Nick
>
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