My initial posting about using Zeroconf host names and Virtual Appliances on wasn’t quite complete…
It should be added that in order for Zeroconf-assigned host names (ie. in the form of https://mysql.local.) to resolve on Windows, it is necessary to install Apple’s Bonjour package. Without this, the system is unable to resolve Zeroconf host names.
For modern Linux distributions, the nss-mdns GNU Name Switch Service (NSS) plugin is necessary …
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