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Isaiah Bugarin
Isaiah Bugarin

Reputation: 493

How to set up local server for development?

I have a computer that's running Windows 7, that I do most of my development on. I have a spare laptop running Ubuntu. They are both connected to the same wifi, and I'm developing in Rails. Is there a way that I can use my spare laptop (Ubuntu) as a local server for development and testing that I would be able to connect to through my other computer (Windows 7)?

If it's not possible, how would I use my computer (Windows 7) as a local server for testing in Rails? I have XAMPP installed, I just don't really know how to use it.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 21187

Answers (1)

user1138677
user1138677

Reputation: 155

First Install LAMP in Ubuntu. This is one of the thousands of links that explain How to do it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

Second Add Sites to Ubuntu Server. Again this is one of the many links that explain how to do it. http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/07/how-to-configure-apache-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1984

Finally open your server only locally,I mean Localhost for your home network. To do that edit the file /etc/hosts and add at the end of the file

127.0.0.1  mysite

replace "mysite" for the name of your site and reload apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

You can access to http://mysite from any computer in your home network

Upvotes: 8

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