Configuring Network Settings

To be accessible from the network, a virtual machine and Container must be assigned a correct IP address. DNS servers must also be configured. The session below illustrates setting the main network parameters for a virtual machine having the name of MyVM :

• To set the IP address of 10.0.186.1 , run this command:

  # pctl set MyVM --device-set net0 --ipadd 10.0.186.1

  ( net0 is the network card to assign the IP address to.)

• To set the DNS server IP address of 192.168.1.165 , run this command:

  # pctl set MyVM --nameserver 192.168.1.165

To set the aforementioned parameters for a Container, just replace the virtual machine name ( MyVM ) with the corresponding Container ID (e.g. 101). You also need to specify the –-save flag in the commands above if you wish to save all the parameters to the Container configuration file, while running these commands for a virtual machine will automatically save the changes in its configuration file.

Note : You can configure the network settings only inside virtual machines that have Parallels Tools installed.