Use a domain like name to access a test site instead of an IP address-CodePudding

I'm currently testing a few websites on Ubuntu Server installed on Oracle VM Virtual Box on a Windows 11 machine.

I need to type an IP address to access these sites (eg: 192.168.xxx.xxx).

Is it possible to use something like a domain name to access them instead of using an IP address? Like mysite1.com, mysite2.com etc.

I'm not using domain names booked on godaddy or some place like that. Just names for local testing. How can it be done in this scenario? Everything is installed on the same machine.

CodePudding user response：

Add your sites to /etc/hosts file like this:

192.168.... mysite.domain

CodePudding user response：

Yes, you can go to /etc/hosts and apply IP you are using and the domain name you want:

Example.

Open with:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

apply:

192.168.x.x mysite.com

And restart server.

TRY CLEAN CACHE

sudo apt-get install nscd

AND NOW

sudo service nscd restart

sudo service dns-clean