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StudioTime
StudioTime

Reputation: 23959

Connect to multiple local sites on mobile

I have multiple local sites which I develop on my local machine.

I'd like to be able to access them on a mobile device while they are still local on my machine.

Using XAMPP these are example vhosts configs:

<VirtualHost *:8080>
    DocumentRoot "C:/design and photos/agency1/website/public_html"
    ServerName agency1dev.com
    <Directory "C:/design and photos/agency1/website/public_html">
        Options All
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted         
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:8080>
    DocumentRoot "C:/design and photos/captives/website/public_html"
    ServerName capdev.com
    <Directory "C:/design and photos/captives/website/public_html">
        Options All
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted         
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Windows hosts file

127.0.0.1    agency1dev.com
127.0.0.1    capdev.com

I understand I can use my machines IP address to reach e.g.:

http://196.168.2.3:8080

But this goes to the XAMPP dir, so, how do I access e.g. agency1dev.com?

Is this possible?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 28

Answers (2)

Mikee
Mikee

Reputation: 2563

You can try using Finch, https://meetfinch.com

It's very easy to use (recently released a GUI for it) and just 'works' without having to do anything.

Full disclosure: I'm involved in the project.

Upvotes: 1

StudioTime
StudioTime

Reputation: 23959

The solution I found was using NGROK

Very easy to implement:

In cmd or some shell

Go to: C:\path\to\ngrok

Type:

ngrok http -host-header=myapp.dev 8080

Change myapp.dev to suit what you want to look at - and change port (8080) accordingly

Then look at output and it will give you a http and https url to navigate to on your device

Simple!

Upvotes: 0

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