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Can I map an IP address and port to a domain name?
For example, I’d like to map 127.0.0.1:8000 to testdev.com
My /etc/hosts file has
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1:8000 testdev.com
So that when I hit testdev.com, it refers 127.0.0.1:8000. I tried the above one, but it doesn’t work. Any other alternative way to achieve this?
Tamil
Posted 2017-03-27T13:00:49.933
Reputation: 163
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Can I map a IP address and a port with /etc/hosts
No.
The /etc/hosts file is part of your system's domain name resolver (it will check this file, then check DNS).
The resolver's job is to convert text domain names to an IP address, not an IP address + port.
Some applications like Minecraft support checking a DNS server's SRV record and can use a port number from that, but again, this is dependent on the program's behavior and can't be done from your /etc/hosts file.
I’d like to map 127.0.0.1:8000 to testdev.com
What @JakeGould in the comments says is what you need to do.
LawrenceC
Posted 2017-03-27T13:00:49.933
Reputation: 63 487
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This solution worked for me with nginx
If you are using nginx you can use Nginx as reverse proxy and do something like this below
Example
server {
listen testdev.com:80;
server_name testdev.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}
}
For more information regarding the above method check this here
For window users
I found this solution from stackoverflow here
Charles
Posted 2017-03-27T13:00:49.933
Reputation: 121
1
As Lawrence has already said it is not possible through /etc/hosts but you can set a reverse proxy in order to achieve it using nginx or apache. I had the same problem in the past so I made this tool to achieve this with a /etc/hosts syntax: https://github.com/cristianoliveira/ergo
Cristian Oliveira
Posted 2017-03-27T13:00:49.933
Reputation: 111
5No. The
hostsfile doesn't have anything to do with ports. – DavidPostill – 2017-03-27T13:01:50.1103What David Postill says is correct, but if you are really hoping to get rid of the
8000port for local testing you might want to investigate setting up a reverse proxy via Apache or Nginx. That is the most common and accepted way to map a port-based address like127.0.0.1:8000totestdev.com. – JakeGould – 2017-03-27T13:29:54.0074Isn't this a duplicate of a dozen questions already – user1686 – 2017-03-27T13:51:14.640