Kitematic: Change virtualbox ip address

[bbhenry]

Is it possible to change the Virtualbox Docker Machine's IP address? I tried it and it lost association with Kitematic.

[TeckniX]

By default on a VM, the Docker-Machine created will have the IP address of 192.168.99.100 - I don't believe there are any commands to change it, unless you re-write the driver for it.

[bbhenry]

Can this be added as enhancement then?

[TeckniX]

If you're so incline, you could just pull the source code from github and just set it to whatever you wanted:
https://github.com/docker/machine/blob/c10962320729a8d436eb09ce9aaae1f4bdd7d0ad/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go

[mchiang0610]

I'll add it as a feature request for people to vote on.

@TeckniX's suggestion is sound if you're inclined to do so.

[TechJournalist-zz]

where is the location for the feature request vote on this issue? Would be a huge bonus for me/my testing to be able to assign/adjust IP addresses. Thanks!

[mchiang0610]

@TechJournalist Sorry, I meant this as a place where people can comment and help submit a PR.

[TechJournalist-zz]

ok - and how can i help submit a PR or get this changed?

[TechJournalist-zz]

k i'm getting stuck trying to figure out how to make this work / but happy to try and contribute. Does the -defaultHostOnlyCIDR - variable just need to be set to FOO or?

[TechJournalist-zz]

Would love to see this in the GUI so normal users can get this done easily.

[mchiang0610]

Hi @TechJournalist , to do a pull request on Kitematic please feel free to fork Kitematic's code, make the necessary changes on your repository, and then make a pull request to us. That is when we will review the code with the team.

I believe this might be a feature for Docker machine - adding @nathanleclaire from Machine team for technical help. Also cc'd @jeffdm

Thanks for helping!

[jmorganca]

@TechJournalist a current workaround, assuming you've got the Toolbox installed:

• Close Kitematic
• Delete the current default VM: docker-machine rm -f default
• Create a new default machine docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-hostonly-cidr "192.168.99.1/24"
• Open Kitematic and it should be using this VM.

As for making this doable via the GUI, I think eventually we'll want KM to be configurable to point to any host but this is work in progress. Check out https://github.com/kitematic/kitematic/pull/876 for a cool example of a team at the DockerCon 2015 hackathon (see #3, Lightning Kite) https://blog.docker.com/2015/07/highlights-dockercon-2015-hackathon/

[FrenchBen]

I believe most of these to be fixed in the latest Docker for Mac/Windows+Kitematic.