Best way to simulate a domain?

Question

I am going to build a website on a test server that will behave differently depending on which domain is used to access it (The real website will have multiple domains pointing to it).

But how will I be able to simulate the different domains on the test server?

We will need to have more information to answer this one. Like what OS are you talking about. And what kind of webserver do you use? — RJD22, May 25 '10 at 12:55

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '10 at 12:54

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Just create fake domains pointing to your localhost in /etc/hosts file.

For example,

127.0.0.1   localhost domain1.com domain2.com

On Windows, this file is,

WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS

answered May 25 '10 at 12:54

ZZ Coder

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Thanks, do you know where the file would be on ubantu/linux? Thanks! – JD Isaacks May 25 '10 at 12:57
to search for the file just type: `find / -name hosts` – RJD22 May 25 '10 at 13:09
This works locally, but the only way I can reach it from another machine is if I do http://linux-server. I tried adding domain1.com to the second line 127.0.1.1 but still no luck. – JD Isaacks May 25 '10 at 18:54

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '10 at 13:07

you will need to edit your hosts file like ZZ Coder is saying. But to point the domain to a certain map you will need to edit the httpd.conf files. I add these kind of redirects in my httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourfakedomain.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/"
    <Directory /var/www/html/>
    Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 25 '10 at 12:55

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try to edit you hosts file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

answered May 25 '10 at 12:55

Claudio

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Best way to simulate a domain?

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