[clue-tech] Pointing browser to one of many virtual hosts
Angelo Bertolli
angelo at freeshell.org
Fri Oct 24 08:00:07 MDT 2008
Gus Calabrese wrote:
> I have a server at 71.237.33.36. The server is running a Xitami
> webserver which provides for multiple virtual hosts ; each with their
> own domain name. For various reasons I would rather not use DNS
> services.
>
> Is there a way for a browser to be instructed to access 71.237.33.36
> and tell the webserver to access xyz.com virtual host ?
I took this question to mean "is there any way to replace the
functionality of DNS?" So if you put an entry into your /etc/hosts file
(or C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) for each domain name, giving
it the IP address you have for it, the browser will take care of the rest.
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