Let me rephrase my question - when setting up RD on a mac, there is a network created between LIMA and Mac - there is an IP assigned to the mac as well as the linux box on this network. Is there a hostname that is automatically available that points to the Mac’s IP that can be used from the containers? I found that the networking is there, I can connect on those - but I am trying to allow other people to do the same instead of hardcoding the IP address that is likely specific to my machine 😕

hi 👋 not sure if i understood your question correctly… If i remember well, reaching host should be available through

host.docker.internal

this is where the language/vm nature becomes an issue -

host.docker.internal

is the IP of the Linux (lima) host, I need the IP of the Mac host

I’ve just tried running a simple php server on Mac directly and accessed demo endpoint through

host.docker.internal

from java container ( curl ) using intel mac ( 2017 )

I think M3 wants the reverse.. sort of.

host.docker.internal

points your native php script on the mac to the lima VM (your java container), I think M3 wants to connect from a container out to the mac host. @witty-librarian-14389 - can you run

ifconfig

inside the VM? I've done this before to setup xdebug within a container to point to a running debugger on the host.

host.docker.internal

points to

192.168.5.2

while LIMA VM has default

192.168.5.15

I think you can potentially use the

docker0

IP returned

The VM should have a 192.168.5.15 or something along those lines (host-only SLIRP), plus if you give it the password when it prompts, a vmnet interface that DHCPs on your local network.

but I guess that's not quite a host

let me try a sanity check on this

could you just let us know which proposal worked ? - might come handy xD

I had some hackery added to deal with minikube’s inability to resolve

host.docker.internal

properly - removing it, i can just use

host.docker.internal

and it points to the mac.

great 👍

i.e. as said in the very first reply, it just works unless you explicitly go and break it

just for the ref, just found a doc specifying HostIP… https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/blob/master/docs/network.md as said… might come handy 🙂

Thanks again