localhost Vagrant and VM on a windows (8.1) build - vagrant file specifications - windows

Question

Having a problem getting my localhost to work properly.
Running git bash I've successfully vagrant init "hashicorp/precise32"
vagrant up
Perhaps I'm putting my local host IP in the wrong place: 127.0.0.1
Confirmed my VM is running and here is my vagrant file:
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :
# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
config.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise32"
# config.vm.boot_timeout = "300"
# Setting this above never worked for me when i had a config.vm.boot_timeout
config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8082
# config.vm.network :public_network
config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "127.0.0.1"
config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"
config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
vb.gui = true
# I turned this vb.gui = true on when i was having a problem with config.vm.boot_timeout
vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "4096"]
vb.cpus = 4
end
end
I've added some additional options but I think my ip or ports are wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
edit ************************
Host file looks like so:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handle within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
After I vagrant reload:
$ vagrant reload
==> default: [vagrant-hostsupdater] Removing hosts
==> default: Attempting graceful shutdown of VM...
==> default: Checking if box 'hashicorp/precise32' is up to date...
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
default: Adapter 1: nat
default: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> default: Forwarding ports...
default: 80 (guest) => 8082 (host) (adapter 1)
default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
default: SSH username: vagrant
default: SSH auth method: private key
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
[default] GuestAdditions 5.1.8 running --- OK.
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
==> default: [vagrant-hostsupdater] Checking for host entries
==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
default: /vagrant => C:/Users/Timothy/Documents/Magento
==> default: Machine already provisioned. Run `vagrant provision` or use the `--provision`
==> default: flag to force provisioning. Provisioners marked to run always will still run.
Why is this so confusing right now, I've never had so much trouble setting up a local dev. environment.

Answer 1

you cannot use a private_network of 127.0.0.1 from your host thats your loopback adapter so it will never be able to reach your VM.
You should use on of the 3 following ranges (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#Private_IPv4_address_spaces)
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
vagrant will already create a NAT adapter on 10.0.2.15 to communicate over ssh.
I suggest to take an IP in the 192.168.x.x range and you will be able to work correctly with your VM