Running Ember-CLI on VirtualBox

After a lot of processing work, I created a working copy of the larger ember-cli running on the Ubuntu VirtualBox guest . One of my goals was to run the code inside the Shared Folder and basically I am working.

There are several hackers, workarounds that can be overcome. 1. Enable symlinks in Virtualbox shared folders 2. Reconfigure the LiveReload port from guest to host 3. Replace the PROJECT / tmp folder with a symlink to the local filesystem Guest

What works ... When I edit a file in the ember project from a guest , the server sees the changes and automatically reboots.

Which doesn't work .... When I edit a file in my ember project from the host , the server does NOT see the change and does nothing.

Why oh why the ember-cli stack doesn't detect changes made to Host. I can't even point to the culprit. Is it broccoli, cookies, node or my mother-in-law causing me trouble?