VirtualBox connection parameters question

[BD9999]

Probably a dumb question, but I've tried everything I can think of with no luck.
Here's the situation, I run the V2V converter program and select "VirtualBox" as the "location of the image to convert" and click "Next".
On the following page it says: "Enter Oracle VirtualBox connection parameters" and asks for a Hostname, User name, and Password.
No matter what I use for the host name, I get an error message saying it's "Incorrect credentials to VBox Host".
I've tried:
the actual machine name (the physical PC that VirtualBox is running on) - no joy
the IP address of the physical PC NIC
the IP address of the Virtual box adapter on the physical PC
the name "localhost", "127.0.0.1", etc - no joy
Then I figure that maybe the Hostname is actually a Guest machine, so I tried the guest machine's actual name from with it's OS. No joy.
Then I tried the guest machine's name in the listing of all the VMs in upper case and lower case. No joy.
That didn't work, so I figured maybe VirtualBox (the software itself) has a Host name, so I tried to figure out what that name might be and am lost!
What is meant by "VBox Host" if not the machine running the program VirtualBox?
Is there a secret setting in VirtualBox that I can't find?

Completely stumped as to what "Hostname" means and what to type in if not the name of the computer, or any of the guests, or anything. VirtualBox doesn't have a Hostname that I'm aware of.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,
Let us test the connection. Try connecting with VBoxWebServ
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxWebSrv.exe --host YOUR_IP_ADDRESS > null
See more at https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualizati ... aemon.html

[BD9999]

Thank you!
I had no idea VB had a webservice, after all these years of using it.
I started it as instructed and now can log in.

[yaroslav (staff)]

You are welcome. I am glad to read it worked!