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Pol Hallen
Pol Hallen

Reputation: 1862

virtualhost without real domain name

I've this configuration for my virtual host and runs with real domains. For testing purpose I need create same virtual host with non real domain (i.e. domain10). Considerated that the browser check the name of domain of virtual host, I think using something like 127.0.0.1. But I've no idea to realize this.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName domain10.org
ServerAlias domain10.org

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
DocumentRoot /home/domain10.org/

<Directory /home/domain10.org/>
Options -Includes -Indexes -FollowSymLinks -ExecCGI +MultiViews
AllowOverride none
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3019

Answers (1)

cdhowie
cdhowie

Reputation: 168948

You can use the /etc/hosts file for this purpose. There should already be a line in it beginning with 127.0.0.1. Just add domain10.org to the list of hosts that resolves to this address.

For example, if the existing line is:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain

Just extend it to:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain domain10.org

Then (on this machine only) domain10.org will resolve to 127.0.0.1. If you are testing on the same machine, you can enter http://domain10.org/ in your browser to reach your local web server.

If you need to reach this host over the Internet, then a different approach is needed. Look for a line for the external IP address of the server in its /etc/hosts file and modify it similar to the above instructions. If such a line does not exist, add one.

On the client machine, do the same (using /etc/hosts for a Linux box or %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for a Windows box). You should then be able to reach the server from the client using this name.

Upvotes: 2

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