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      • Port forwarding

      Use --forward to carry a port on the Mac into the guest in nat and tunnel modes. bridged puts the guest on the LAN with its own address, so it needs no forwards.

      Add and remove forwards

      vphone-cli vm config <name> --forward tcp:8022:22
vphone-cli vm config <name> --forward udp:0.0.0.0:5353:53
vphone-cli vm config <name> --remove-forward 8022
vphone-cli vm config <name> --clear-forwards

      The form is:

      [tcp|udp:][host-address:]host-port:guest-port
      PartMeaning
      tcp or udpProtocol
      host-addressWhere the forward listens on the Mac. The default is 127.0.0.1; 0.0.0.0 makes it reachable from other devices on the LAN.
      host-portPort on the Mac
      guest-portPort in the guest

      Repeat --forward for more ports. In Launchpad, the machine's Settings… has a Port Forwarding section.

      How forwards behave

      • vphone-vm opens the listeners when the VM starts and closes them when it stops.
      • In nat mode it connects to the guest's address: the fixed one, or the one vphoned reports.
      • In tunnel mode the connection reaches the guest as if it came from the gateway.
      • A port that is already taken on the Mac is reported in the VM's log and skipped; the other forwards still work.

      See also