From 8a0f209f3fbd57a4b8aab573539682d5827e79cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitchell Hashimoto Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:07:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] website/docs: document need for private network for NFS --- website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md index f8b96bb7e..e73c9ac7e 100644 --- a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md +++ b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/nfs.html.md @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ OS X, and is typically a simple package install on Linux. Additionally, the guest machine must have NFS support installed. This is also usually a simple package installation away. +If you're using the VirtualBox provider, you'll also need to make sure you +have a +[private network setup with a static IP](http://localhost:4567/v2/networking/private_network.html). This is due to a limitation of VirtualBox's built-in networking. With +VMware, you do not need this. + ## Root Privilege Requirement To configure NFS, Vagrant must modify system files on the host. Therefore, @@ -36,7 +41,6 @@ administrative privileges (via the typical `sudo` program). These privileges are used to modify `/etc/exports` as well as to start and stop the NFS server daemon. - ## Enabling NFS Synced Folders To enable NFS, just add the `type: "nfs"` flag onto your synced folder: