Have you tried admin / admin (both user and password)?

This would be for the webinterface I guess?

Yes I tried, no success.

Did you get an email with any information on how to access the FME Server via email when you initially set up the VM?

From the doc it looks like the password could be: FMElearnings

with user as admin

Server URL would be wither "http://localhost" or "http://fmetraining" - stick with basic connection.

@virtualcitymatt​ : the docs credentials got me into the webinterface on the VM.

But in the FME Workbench Desktop client the resonse to the URL is "HTTP Error" no matter if I choose http://localhost/ or http://fmetraining/

Where are you trying to access the server from (where is your FME Desktop). If you're trying to connect from the same VM then localhost should work, but it wont work if trying to connect from outside of the VM. There might also be an IP address you can try and use.

cheers @virtualcitymatt​ !

To connect from my local FME Desktop client outside the VM:

The public IP displayed in VM was the missing info. Now I can connect to the server.

Just to sum up:

Login to the VM FME Server Webinterface

user: admin

pw: FMElearnings

Connection from a local FME client outside the VM

server URL: http://publicIP (get from: Lab Settings - Machine Info)

authentication: basic

user name: admin

pw: FMElearnings

nice, great - Could be safe need to update that

Hi @mferber​ and @virtualcitymatt​, I'm glad you were able to figure this out. Sorry I didn't reply, I was out of the office last week.

We assume in the FME Academy material that the user is running both Workbench and Server on their own machine or a Strigo lab. In both cases, http://localhost/ will work for accessing Server. I had not considered the scenario where someone would run Workbench on their own machine and access just the FME Server hosted on the virtual machine. @mferber​ is there a reason you are doing it that way? I'd be curious to know. It's possible we could update the instructions, but at this point, I would like to know more about the use case first. Thanks.