How do I access remote machine that runs on Pow (rails web server)

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I've recently installed Pow on my Mac. It's great.

It's convenient for my own dev machine. But I wonder if I can set it up to be shared by my colleagues. The problem is DNS resolution part.

For example, if I have a dev site on my machine like "http://myapp.dev". How do I let my colleague access to the site on my machine from his machine?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '11 at 17:22

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The hacky way to do this is to make them edit their DNS and insert a record in /etc/hosts that maps to your machine. An easier way to do this is Localghost which doesn't require editing files by hand.

answered Apr 15 '11 at 17:22

tadman

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Strange I tried this. All my devices are connected via wifi. But don't connect. any ideas? – Trip Apr 12 '14 at 12:21
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@Trip You can always test this in principle with `curl -HHost:hostname ip` where `hostname` is your dev site name like `test.dev`, and `ip` is your IP address like `192.168.1.10`. – tadman Apr 12 '14 at 19:50
Ah great idea. Figured it out. Thanks! – Trip Apr 12 '14 at 20:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '12 at 00:01

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I've been using https://showoff.io and it works a treat. Also allows others not on local network to view it as well (if that's something you need).

answered Aug 30 '12 at 00:01

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How do I access remote machine that runs on Pow (rails web server)

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