Questions tagged [localhost]

Localhost is an address/term used for testing connection to the local host (current computer) used for some network troubleshooting

localhost (all lowercase) (meaning this computer in computer networking) and is the standard hostname given to the loopback network interface.

IPv4

Under IPv4 the standard localhost address is normally assigned to:

127.0.0.1

IPv6

In full notation, the address under IPv6 is:

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
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Issue with virtual hosts in Mac OSX Lion with MAMP

I'm having issues connecting my virtual hosts. Here's my code. Is there anything missing here? In httpd.conf NameVirtualHost * ServerName site1.local DocumentRoot "/Users/Dan/Dropbox/Websites/www/site1" In…
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Mod rewrite subdomains based on query string

I gave localhost an alias: 'myhost'. Entering 'myhost' in my address bar shows me /var/www/index.php. So far so good. Set up an apache virtual host on /var/www and called it 'myhost', then added three aliases: '*.myhost' '*.myhost.* 'myhost.*' the…
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xampp - can access control panel, cannot access projects/sites on local network

I've configured xampp and firewall so I can access desktop pc's localhost over my local network through desktop pc's IP. But I'm not able to access auctual projects: I can access: http://192.168.x.x/xampp or http://192.168.x.x/phpMyAdmin But I…
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xampp and network

I have build a site working on my localhost using xampp on windows7. Now, I my colleagues want to access and use that site in our small office. I tried to access the site using IP address of my own system. but some urls are redirecting to …
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LocalHost error

Does anyone know why I get this?: Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost:8800 I am trying to use DokuWiki for the first time. It uses MicroApache. When I start it I get the error message. If I try to manually go to…
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500 Internal Server Error when setting up Apache on localhost

I downloaded and installed XAMPP, and to keep my projects nicely separated I want to create a VirtualHost for each one based on its future domain name. For example, in my first project (we'll say it's project.com) I've put this in my Apache…
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network restricted website

How can I restrict my network connections to a only my web-server? EG, a user would connect to my network (WIFI/LAN) when they open a web browser and enter 127.0.0.1 it will load my app. But if they enter any other web address it would redirect…
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Redirect Addresses to localhost by Pattern on Mac OS X

I'm not even 100% sure how to ask this question. The answer might be out there, but I can't find it. So I've set up virtual hosts for my Mac and I do all my development locally on my computer. I have a vhost folder in my Sites folder, and I have a…
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VM can't ping localhost on ESXi 4

I have some problem, i have 3 VM (vm1, vm2, and vm3). vm1 is normal. ping to internal and external is OK, DHCP is OK. but vm2 and vm3 very strange. DHCP is OK but can't ping to internal and external. Can't ping to localhost and to gateway ip. Anyone…
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Default localhost on mac lion moving slowly

When developing on my mac the default localhost server runs very slowly compared to the mamp server. I ran nmap on the both servers and got back a significant difference. Unfortunately, this is out of my realm of knowledge. What does it mean and is…
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connecting to local apache2 server from within local network

On machine X I can connect to 127.0.1.1 (I have a php script running on machine X that calls phpinfo() and it runs fine). X machines IP on the network is 192.168.1.101. I go over to machine Y and type in 192.168.1.101 in the browser address bar…
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localhost files are not showing up on port 80

I browse to localhost/ and nothing is shown. No web page, no 'page not found' etc. However, I change httpd.conf to use port 8080, then browse to localhost:8080/ and my local pages show up. Why would this happen? Is something else using port 80? What…
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Unable to share a file in local network by Macs?

This question is based on this question. I have two Macbooks in the same network. Both computers get the internet from the network. I guess that I can share files between the two Macs without Internet. I have tried to put files to the folder…
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How would the outside world access my machine?

I have a local address e.g: http://127.0.0.1:8125/ -> this works, How would I access this using a different PC lets say from work, or friends house or allow anyone to access this? I am using node.js to create a simple server and listens for the…
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My external IP opens my adsl model configuration instead of pointing to my server even after PF?

I have forwarded port 80 of my ADSL router modem (DLINK DSL 2640 T) for virtual server 192.168.1.18 which is my server running apache . Problem is typing 192.168.1.18 points to apache webpage on my host but when typing my external ip address…
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