Unable to register VM node using Selenium Grid

Question

I am unable to register the node using selenium grid through VM. Below are the steps that I followed while registering a node

1. Started Selenium Hub using the below command

   java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.45.0.jar -role hub
   

2. Opened the browser and navigated to the below link.I was able to view the console

   http://localhost:4444/grid/console
   

3. Started the VM and tried registering the node using the below Command

   java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.45.0.jar -role webdriver -port 5555 -hub http://xx.xx.1.28:4444/grid/register
   

I am getting the below error

17:32:02.960 INFO - couldn't register this node: Error sending the registration request.

Note: My Machine's IP: xx.xx.1.28
VM IP is: xx.xx.1.8

I am able to ping between my machine and VM, not sure what is the issue.

When I try to register the Node from my local it works fine, I am getting the above issue only when I run it through VM.

I also verified the firewall is turned off.

Answer 1

I don't know if you still need an answer, but here is what i did and it worked perfectly :

On the hub machine run :

java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.45.0.jar -role hub

On the Vm run : java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.45.0.jar -role node -hub http://xx.xx.1.28:4444/grid/register