Is there an official way to set a fixed IP per VM?

[felixstoessel]

Describe the issue
I want to use a Debian VM for local development on my Mac. This VM has NGINX as a web server, so I could open my website on my host system in the browser and it directs it to the guest system. I can not get this to work without the use of 127.0.0.1 and using different ports. Is there a way to set a fixed IP for my VM like --ip=192.168.22.22? So I can have a nice /etc/hosts on my host system like this:

192.168.22.22 new-project.test

Configuration

• UTM Version: Version 4.1.5 (74)
• macOS Version: 12.6.1 (21G217)
• Mac Chip (Intel, M1, ...): M1

[osy]

Currently not possible with NAT, but with emulated VLAN, you can port forward to your host machine.

[Makr91]

You can also add a bridged network to your UTM server that's using the same NIC that your host machine is using to connect to your Home LAN.

If you have a DHCP server on your Home LAN, it should give it a IP that you can then access in a browser. (and then even set a /etc/hosts record to it)

To make it permanent, either set it statically in the VM, or assign it via DHCP reservation in your Routers.