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Question

Currently, I have XAMPP setup to where typing 127.0.0.1 in the browser redirects me to the home page found within htdocs.

I would like to be able to type "devtest" and have that be an alias for 127.0.0.1.

What I have tried so far is modifying: C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd.vhosts.conf where I added an entry that looks like:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [e-mail]
    DocumentRoot C:\xampp\htdocs\Workspace\MyProject
    ServerName devtest
    ErrorLog C:\xampp\htdocs\Workspace\MyProject\MyProject-error_log
    CustomLog C:\xampp\htdocs\Workspace\MyProject\MyProject-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Is there another step I'm missing?

Answer 1

Open the hosts file in Notepad:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Add the line:

127.0.0.1 devtest

Navigate to: http://devtest