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I have a production server, on which three different application are running. I need to configure aliases for that server, according to which application needs to be accessed by the user.
How do I set an alias name in the hosts file?
user11222
Posted 2009-09-15T14:00:57.817
Reputation: 219
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For adding a alias name to a server in the hosts file you have to make the following structure:
In the first column you have to add the IP-Address, in the second column the host-name and in the third column you have to add the desired alias-name. Any subsequent columns are alias for that host. In the example's second line the IP-Address 192.168.0.2 is for the server test.server.com and another name for it is test.
For example:
127.0.0.1 localhost test.server.com
192.168.0.2 test.server.com test
192.168.0.3 another.server.com another
C.Schmalzgruber
Posted 2009-09-15T14:00:57.817
Reputation: 292
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Usually, the Syntax is:
<<IP>> hostname alias1 alias2
example:
127.0.0.1 localhost lo loopback
I hope it works the same under Windows XP
brandstaetter
Posted 2009-09-15T14:00:57.817
Reputation: 4 119
4Default path to hosts file on Windows XP
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts– random – 2009-09-15T14:13:16.533Based on the question I assumed that the threadstarter is knowing where the hosts-file is. Nevertheless thank you for the addendum :-) – C.Schmalzgruber – 2009-09-15T14:17:02.657
2uh, having two identical names 127.0.0.1 localhost test.server.com 192.168.0.2 test.server.com test for differnt IPs can cause headaches... I'll assume a copy&paste error there ;) – brandstaetter – 2009-09-15T14:33:44.067
thank u but others not able to connect to alias name. – user11222 – 2009-09-15T14:43:31.660
3Yes, you will need to edit the hosts file on each computer that will use the alias; if you want to make this a global change, you need to use a real DNS server. – pkaeding – 2009-09-15T15:12:51.663