I find mDNS very useful for our development VMs: http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-development-virtual-machines http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-

I find mDNS very useful for our development VMs: http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-development-virtual-machines http://bens.me.uk/2013/multicast-dns-and-development-virtual... Instead of hacking your /etc/hosts file, just let the VM publish relevant DNS entries using mDNS.