MAMP access over local network

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I have MAMP Pro 4 running on a Macbook Pro, with virtual hosts. It's working fine. I want to be able to access it from other devices on my local network in order to test various browser / os combinations. All the articles and posts I have found online are for earlier versions, and or don't seem to work, or require additional software, ... I know this is easy -- I had it working a few years ago, but I don't recall how I did it. Your help will be appreciated.

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 31 '18 at 15:39

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You can simply configure you projects host:

edited Jul 31 '18 at 15:39

anothernode

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answered Jul 31 '18 at 15:25

Yurii Bykov

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '16 at 18:01

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Try: http:// ip-address-of-your-MAMP-installation:8080 if it connects, fine is working.

Now the domain names. Because your are running locally and your test domains will not be resolved/routed, you need to change the "hosts" file.

Use the other Mac from where you want test.

Select "Go to Folder" and enter "/etc", there is a file called "hosts". Open it with a text editor (Wrangler,TextMate...)

Then add a line at the end:

Save it (requires the admin password).

Now enter "http:// name of the domain:8080" and it should connect you to the MAMP domain.

A more elegant way is to install a local DNS server, but that's a complete different story.

Greetings,

Peter

answered Dec 05 '16 at 18:01

PeterInWiesbaden

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Thanks, Peter. Let me give more detail. On my Mac, http://localhost:8888/phpMyAdmin, for example, does the expected thing. However, the Mac's local net address is 10.0.1.2, and http://10.0.1.2:8888/phpMyAdmin gets a 403 (Forbidden). Even if that did work, that would be matching MAMP's idea of localhost, not any particualr virtual host. – Bennett Barouch Dec 05 '16 at 22:30
Hi, yes, because you didn't assign a folder. Assign a folder for "localhost", this should do it. – PeterInWiesbaden Dec 08 '16 at 18:43
localhost does have and has had a folder (directory) assigned to it in MAMP's console. Same for the virtual host of interest. That's not it. Hmm... Other ideas? – Bennett Barouch Dec 09 '16 at 23:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 05:50

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External network access to phpmyadmin has to be allowed specifically.

This is what I used a long time ago.

answered Aug 01 '17 at 05:50

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 22 '22 at 11:50

A simple solution is to use the network name of your macbook. You can set it in the system settings. Let say that your macbook's network name is my-macbook Then, to acess the served website / phpMyadmin, you can simply type my-macbook.local:8888 (assuming that Mamp serves on the port 8888).

MAMP access over local network

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