How to configure /etc/hosts in vagrant guest

Question

Background:

1. I am running a ubuntu host, then I used puphpet to create a ubuntu guest with PHP and Nginx

2. In guest, /etc/hosts I have

   127.0.0.1 localhost

   127.0.1.1 packer-virtualbox-iso

   127.0.0.1 nginx.local

Things work and don't

1. In host (i.e. a ubuntu host), access http://nginx.local, I am not able to access it.
2. In host, access http://localhost:8788 and http://localhost:222, both gave me "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2 Protocol mismatch."
3. In host, access 192.168.56.101, it works and php outputs something. (192.168.56.101 is pointing to /var/www/html/index.php in guest)

Goal :

I need to access http://nginx.local in host ( http://nginx.local is pointing to /var/www/nginx/index.php)

Config files

_.conf

server {
  listen                *:80;

  server_name           _;
  client_max_body_size 1m;

    index  index index.html index.htm index.php;

  access_log            /var/log/nginx/_.access.log;
  error_log             /var/log/nginx/_.error.log;

  location / {

    root  /var/www/html;
    try_files $uri $uri/ index.php /index.php$is_args$args;
  }
  location ~ \.php$ {

    root  /var/www/html;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php /index.php$is_args$args$is_args$args;
    index  index.html index.htm index.php;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
  sendfile off;
}

nginx.local.conf

server {
  listen                *:80;

  server_name           nginx.local www.nginx.local;
  client_max_body_size 1m;

    index  index.html index.htm index.php;

  access_log            /var/log/nginx/nginx.local.access.log;
  error_log             /var/log/nginx/nginx.local.error.log;

  location / {

    root  /var/www/nginx;
    try_files $uri $uri/ index.php /index.php$is_args$args;
  }
  location ~ \.php$ {

    root  /var/www/nginx;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php /index.php$is_args$args$is_args$args;
    index  index.html index.htm index.php;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
    fastcgi_param APP_ENV dev;
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
  sendfile off;
}

server {
  listen       *:443 ssl spdy;

  server_name  nginx.local www.nginx.local;

  ssl on;

  ssl_certificate           /etc/nginx/nginx.local.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key       /etc/nginx/nginx.local.key;
  ssl_session_cache         shared:SSL:10m;
  ssl_session_timeout       5m;
  ssl_protocols             SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
  ssl_ciphers               HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
  client_max_body_size 1m;
    index  index.html index.htm index.php;

  access_log            /var/log/nginx/ssl-nginx.local.access.log;
  error_log             /var/log/nginx/ssl-nginx.local.error.log;


  location ~ \.php$ {

    root  /var/www/nginx;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php /index.php$is_args$args$is_args$args;
    index  index.html index.htm index.php;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
    fastcgi_param APP_ENV dev;
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
  location / {

    root  /var/www/nginx;
    try_files $uri $uri/ index.php /index.php$is_args$args;
  }
  sendfile off;
}

vagrant.yml

vagrantfile-local:
    vm:
        box: puphpet/ubuntu1404-x64
        box_url: puphpet/ubuntu1404-x64
        hostname: ''
        memory: '996'
        cpus: '1'
        chosen_provider: virtualbox
        network:
            private_network: 192.168.56.101
            forwarded_port:
                8qJNnHDASTvX:
                    host: '8788'
                    guest: '22'
        post_up_message: ''
        provider:
            virtualbox:
                modifyvm:
                    natdnshostresolver1: on
            vmware:
                numvcpus: 1
            parallels:
                cpus: 1
        provision:
            puppet:
                manifests_path: puphpet/puppet
                manifest_file: site.pp
                module_path: puphpet/puppet/modules
                options:
                    - '--verbose'
                    - '--hiera_config /vagrant/puphpet/puppet/hiera.yaml'
                    - '--parser future'
        synced_folder:
            KnaMKswBsqau:
                owner: www-data
                group: www-data
                source: /my_host_path_to/var/www
                target: /var/www
                sync_type: default
                rsync:
                    args:
                        - '--verbose'
                        - '--archive'
                        - '-z'
                    exclude:
                        - .vagrant/
                    auto: 'false'
        usable_port_range:
            start: 10200
            stop: 10500
    ssh:
        host: null
        port: null
        private_key_path: null
        username: vagrant
        guest_port: null
        keep_alive: true
        forward_agent: false
        forward_x11: false
        shell: 'bash -l'
    vagrant:
        host: detect
server:
    install: '1'
    packages:
        - vim
        - htop
firewall:
    install: '1'
    rules: null
apache:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        user: www-data
        group: www-data
        default_vhost: true
        manage_user: false
        manage_group: false
        sendfile: 0
    modules:
        - rewrite
    vhosts:
        GHWEbSSEqbWY:
            servername: awesome.dev
            serveraliases:
                - www.awesome.dev
            docroot: /var/www/awesome
            port: '80'
            setenv:
                - 'APP_ENV dev'
            override:
                - All
            options:
                - Indexes
                - FollowSymLinks
                - MultiViews
            engine: php
            custom_fragment: ''
            ssl_cert: ''
            ssl_key: ''
            ssl_chain: ''
            ssl_certs_dir: ''
    mod_pagespeed: 0
nginx:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        default_vhost: 1
        proxy_buffer_size: 128k
        proxy_buffers: '4 256k'
    upstreams: {  }
    vhosts:
        0cRd9MwEYDPP:
            proxy: ''
            server_name: nginx.local
            server_aliases:
                - www.nginx.local
            www_root: /var/www/nginx
            listen_port: '80'
            location: \.php$
            index_files:
                - index.html
                - index.htm
                - index.php
            envvars:
                - 'APP_ENV dev'
            engine: php
            client_max_body_size: 1m
            ssl: '1'
            ssl_cert: ''
            ssl_key: ''
            rewrite_to_https: '0'
            spdy: '1'
php:
    install: '1'
    version: '56'
    composer: '1'
    composer_home: ''
    modules:
        php:
            - cli
            - intl
            - mcrypt
        pear: {  }
        pecl:
            - pecl_http
    ini:
        display_errors: On
        error_reporting: '-1'
        session.save_path: /var/lib/php/session
    timezone: Australia/Melbourne
    mod_php: 0
hhvm:
    install: '0'
    nightly: 0
    composer: '1'
    composer_home: ''
    settings:
        host: 127.0.0.1
        port: '9000'
    ini:
        display_errors: On
        error_reporting: '-1'
    timezone: null
xdebug:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        xdebug.default_enable: '1'
        xdebug.remote_autostart: '0'
        xdebug.remote_connect_back: '1'
        xdebug.remote_enable: '1'
        xdebug.remote_handler: dbgp
        xdebug.remote_port: '9000'
xhprof:
    install: '0'
wpcli:
    install: '0'
    version: v0.17.1
drush:
    install: '1'
    version: 6.3.0
ruby:
    install: '1'
    versions:
        daUbcwMPSTjQ:
            version: 2.1.2
            bundler: '1'
nodejs:
    install: '1'
    npm_packages: {  }
python:
    install: '1'
    packages: {  }
    versions:
        qUZ7yBqq97GX:
            version: ''
mysql:
    install: '1'
    override_options: {  }
    root_password: 'pass'
    adminer: 0
    databases:
        93drU219cTxI:
            grant:
                - ALL
            name: dbname
            host: localhost
            user: dbuser
            password: 'pass'
            sql_file: ''
postgresql:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        root_password: '123'
        user_group: postgres
        encoding: UTF8
        version: '9.3'
    databases: {  }
    adminer: 0
mariadb:
    install: '0'
    override_options: {  }
    root_password: '123'
    adminer: 0
    databases: {  }
    version: '10.0'
sqlite:
    install: '0'
    adminer: 0
    databases: {  }
mongodb:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        auth: 1
        port: '27017'
    databases: {  }
redis:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        conf_port: '6379'
mailcatcher:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        smtp_ip: 0.0.0.0
        smtp_port: 1025
        http_ip: 0.0.0.0
        http_port: '1080'
        mailcatcher_path: /usr/local/rvm/wrappers/default
        from_email_method: inline
beanstalkd:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        listenaddress: 0.0.0.0
        listenport: '13000'
        maxjobsize: '65535'
        maxconnections: '1024'
        binlogdir: /var/lib/beanstalkd/binlog
        binlogfsync: null
        binlogsize: '10485760'
    beanstalk_console: 0
    binlogdir: /var/lib/beanstalkd/binlog
rabbitmq:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        port: '5672'
elastic_search:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        java_install: true
        autoupgrade: true

Answer 1

You're thinking of this the opposite way.

You need to add nginx.local into your master PC's host file, not the VM's.

192.168.56.101 nginx.local www.nginx.local

This should be enough. The VM is already aware of nginx.local thanks to nginx.