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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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connect to apache/ubuntu on vmWare player from windows

I'm running a virtual mashine on my windows 7. In it a ubuntu linux with apache server. How can I get to a site hosted on my ubuntu from windows? Example: Want to get to http://localhost/~user/ from windows
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Apache on localhost: give virtual hosts specific servers name

I ask my question first and below are details of what I have so far trying to solve the thing: On Apache running on localhost, I want to have different virtual hosts that would be accessible through…
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How do I allow access to my localhost (xampp) installation over my windows network?

I have just installed a fresh xampp stack on my machine, and can access it from localhost, my pc name, and ip address. There is nothing on it yet, but getting the welcome page fine. I seem to remember in the past that other users could access my…
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access localhost stopped working after I installed MAMP

I had configured my machine all access localhost I need some accessed "http://*.localhost.com:3000," * - I put the names of some projects and instances. I needed to run a PHP server and installed MAMP Pro, but after I ran the php server can't access…
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Resolve local subdomain on apache for paths within user dir

On Apache 2.2.x I've activated mod_userdir. I used the default setup, so that http://localhost/~name/ will be connect with ~name/public_html/ and a path within public_html, e.g. ~name/public_html/mySite can be reached through…
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Parallels Network Setup -- Localhost goes to host computer

Is there a way to get 127.0.0.1 to route to the host computer (the one running the virtual machine, not the virtual machine itself)? I am supporting a web app that sometimes requires 127.0.0.1 to be the ip address, and NOT the 10.222.54.2 number I…
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php mail() from localhost

I have installed both postfix and mailx, I also tried sendmail. I'm trying to send e-mail from a PHP script using a crontab. The crontab and PHP run fine but the mail won't send I get the following error in the mail.log Jul 31 21:32:31 grimlin…
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One localhost on two PCs

Today I got an idea, that testing my web apps on two different PCs would be even better if they both are near and if I could use my own localhost instead of hosting. i.e.: 1. My ASUS laptop runs Windows 7 and XAMPP for work with localhost. 2.…
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Hosts file entry directed to a directory on localhost

I have a directory setup with a nice error message at http://localhost/blocked/. I'd like to direct entries in my hosts relating to sites I've blocked to that instead of just 127.0.0.1. 127.0.0.1/blocked/ doesn't work. I'm clueless about the host…
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Accessing localhost via IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 very slow

(I've asked this over on stackoverflow already, but thought I'd ask here as well) I'm currently running an ASP.NET application on IIS 7.5 on Windows 7. When I access this application on Internet Explorer (either 6, 7 or 8) it is incredible slow and…
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IPTables configuration for Localhost

I have a problem in connecting a JIRA instance running on a cloud server to an instance of MySQL running on the same box. I have configured it previously using quite a few iptables rules, but it seems overly broad/terribly inprecise. I want access…
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whats the point of @localhost entries for a mail server

After recently setting up a mail server I am now adding the users that I need. As part of the tutorial I followed I created root@localhost as an account and also a bunch of aliases (postmaster@localhost, webmaster@localhost etc). What is the point…
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What software can I use to link my public domain to my dynamically changing local computer IP?

Any free websites/software that might be recommended?
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windows server 2003, IIS and localhost

I need to work with the localhost from inside the server in order to run things as schedules. On my workstation with the regular IIS I have 1 webserver with a lot of sites as aliases. In my server I have a website: (example) www.web.com I thought…
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problems installing mysql and phpmyadmin to localhost

I know there have been many similar questions, but as far as I can tell, most of the other people have gotten further than I have... I'm trying to get a WAMP setup happening. I've got PHP and Apache running and talking to each other. PHP is in…
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