On modern day computers, localhost as a hostname translate to a IP address of 127.0.0.1 which is a internal loop-back IP address.

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How to handle CNAME host redirect to virtual directory?

I have an internal website and virtual directory http://server2012/logs. I created a CNAME on my DNS server as LOGS -> server2012. I would like to set it up so that http://LOGS redirects to ...
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Unable to access media wiki pages from another computer? [closed]

I have set up a web server in my Windows 7 with easyPHP. The website works fine when I browse the locally via localhost or 127.0.0.1. But, unable to open the site from another computer which is in the ...
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GateIn + OpenAM 9.5.2

I'm actually trying GateIn for my firm and I don't manage to integrate OpenAM and GateIn. I follow all the steps in the GateInReference Guide but I've a problem. The scenario of the problem is : ...
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Trying to Host Server for External Access - Apache, VirtualBox & Portforwarding

Banging my head on the wall at this stage.... trying to host my Apache site on Ubuntu 12.10 with VirtualBox. Running Windows 8 host. Things I've done: Ensured Apache is listening on ports 80, 443 ...
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How to copy Wampserver functionality for localhost on Ubuntu

How to recreate a Wampserver like functionality on my localhost so I can see loaded Apache/PHP/MySQL Version, Loaded PHP modules, My Projects (actual directories in the "/var/www"/) and etc.
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Apache virtual hosts - Resources on website not loaded when accessed from other hostname than localhost

Running virtual hosts on Mac OS X 10.6.8 running Apache 2.2.22. /etc/hosts is as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost 3dweergave studio-12.fritz.box 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 ...
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Google Analytics source

In my Google Analytics dashboard I have below referrer, can you please tell me where these came from? localhost:16114 / referral localhost:22218 / referral Is it that someone trying on their system ...
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Problems with phpmyadmin

I already worked a lot with wampserver but it's the first time i have a problem with it. After I downloaded it wanted to create a database in phpmyadmin, and then it says: "Forbidden. You don't ...
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IIS services suddenly stopped working after a restart [closed]

I have checked that IIS is running in the manager (it is). What happened was after a restart it seems to have lost knowledge of its own existence, web services are no longer being accessible and when ...
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MVC4 App opens with directory listing and gives a 404 for any direct URL's entered in the browser

I've just deployed a previously (on my local IIS) working MVC4 app to IIS 7.5 on the dev server. After tweaking this and that - one knows how these things get forgotten - the app finally launches, but ...
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Hosting an apache server from my mac

I created a website with PHP and JS. I want to send my IP address to a friend who is in another state and let him see it. My site is loaded by xampp. How could I do this?
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Different behaviour with windows authentication on IIS7 websites

I need to run a website with just windows authentication. Given the following situation: The location of the default website is: c:\inetpub\wwwroot The location of my code is: c:\Sites\WebApp My ...
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File permission problem with codeignitor project using xampp

I am currently using Codeignitor as my PHP framework with XAMPP. I always keep all my files in c:/xampp/htdocs/. The settings are working fine in my own localhost machine. But when I load the same ...
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Restrict access to IP address range

I’m trying to restrict access to a web resource to the intranet of a company via .htaccess. Unfortunately, the approach via Allow from … isn’t working for me and and I don’t understand subnets well ...
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Xampp not displaying PHP pages in htdocs

I installed xampp this evening and none of my PHP pages will display. I am storing all my pages in the htdocs folder as directed too and calling via http://localhost/index.php and nothing appears? All ...
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Handling request after installing MAMP (no DNS setup yet)

I've just installed MAMP on my mac machine and checked the server is working by looking at localhost. I looked up my IP address by ifconfig. When I use another machine, I still can't get connected to ...
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Apache Virtual Host does not work

I've problems setting up a virtual host on windows7, so that I can develop multiple pages on my localhost. To set up the virtual Host, I've edited 3 Files: httpd-vhosts.conf in apache\conf\extra ...
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Need a generic way to create SEO friendly URL

I have searched a lot and implemented many many Regular Expression in my .htaccess file but can not succeed. How do I find a generic way that make my URL SEO friendly? Currently this is in my ...
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Simple MediaWiki question

I'm thinking about making a mediawiki website. At first I'd like to try it at localhost. I'm running Kubuntu 11.10, so I did: sudo aptitude install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-mysql php5-cli And ...
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My DNS zone includes a loopback record - do I need it?

My dns zone contains a loopback: localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 Do I need it, and if so why? I can't think of a reason to have it here, especially as - without a dot - it would be localhost.example.com
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Mod Rewrite question

Is there a way to rewrite http://localhost/embed/player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yKDhm4_-90 to something smaller? or is there a way to change this into ...
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tomcat serving static content with directory listings

I have tomcat 7 configured to serve static contents from a directory: <Host appBase="webapps" name="localhost"> ... <Context docBase="/var/projectA/static" path="/projectA/" /> ...
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xampp not working with DynDNS

My setup consists of: a XAMPP 1.7.7 installation, with Apache configured to listen to port 8080 dyn.com to make the projects accessible from the web ( 8080 shows up as 'open' when checking with ...
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How to login as another user in phpmyadmin

I installed phpmyadmin in Win7, and if I type http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php in the browser, it will log in phpmyadmin as root user by default. I created a new user but still there's no login ...
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Connecting to my new server

I have bought the hosting and now I have successfully created a database and new user and I have enter phpmyadmin from cPanel to create database. Now everything is done. But where can I find ...
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Where is my Tomcat running on my virtual server?

According to what I know; Apache and Tomcat are listing on different ports by default. If I have both of them running locally then: localhost -> Apache home page (port 80) localhost:8080" -> Tomcat ...
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how can i let my friends visit my webserver?

How do I make it so that my friends can visit my localhost website by typing in my IP address into their browser address bar? I'm using XAMPP what steps do i need to take etc.
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Can't log in to phpMyAdmin after removing MySQL root password

I get this messege: #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) I tried changing the password in phpMyAdmin config.inc.php from root to '' but all I got was Cannot ...
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Why isn't my PHP file running?

I recently installed Apache and later installed PHP too. When I browse to http://localhost/index.html it displays the default Apache page "it works". But when i try to run ...
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htaccess - “detect” url and redirect

Idea is: if URL = "http:/localhost/site/" else if URL = "http:/localhost/site" redirect to "http:/localhost/site/index.html" Can this be done with .htaccess / Apache mod_rewrite and how?
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how can I set my site root from: localhost/mysite/ to: localhost/mysite/view/ via htaccess

hi just wondering if this is possible, when you access my default site directory localhost/mysite I want to set the path to render localhost/mysite/view/ all my html pages will be rendered here just ...
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What to use for “localhost” that includes PHP/SQL functionality?

I really do not want to install Linux at the moment, I would have to borrow a USB key, move files, format it, flash it, format it again, move files back, give it back... What would you recommend that ...
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Migrate facebook app from WAMP Server localhost to facebook

I have developed an app for Facebook and it is currently hosted via a localhost WAMP Server. My question is how can I put my app on Facebook? What would be the steps I must follow? Please note: My ...
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Localhost vs 127.0.0.1 - Error when referring to own IP address for an application running on IIS

I have an ASP.net application which I've been playing around with on my Windows 2008 server. I have WordPress installed so that when I visit the server by it's IP address I can visit my hosted ...
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Apache2 virtual host localhost doesn't render CSS when offline because of absolute path

I'm running apache2 on a local server. I use no-ip.com to route DNS to that server through my cable modem. While disconnected from the web and working on localhost my web pages don't render the CSS ...
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Congifuring Red5 Server to run on localhost

I just installed the red5 rtmp server on my machine and tried to run the demo. The only thing that i see is "connecting to server" but it never gets connected. I have gone through most of the ...
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Joomla Backend running slow on localhost

I made a local backup of my Joomla site a few months ago to test changes before updating the live site. Everything worked fine. Today I checked the local version after a while but when I open access ...
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Drupal - after installation the website invisible

I just installed Drupal. But after installation I can't see my installed site. Upon visiting the URL http://localhost/drupal-7.0/ in my browser I do not get the web page as expected but see files and ...
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Why is Joomla based website that was copied off of live server into localhost not showing pictures and throwing 404 error?

I have copied Joomla based website via FTP onto my machine and I am trying to make it run on my localhost which is provided by the latest version of XAMPP. I have exported and imported the DB with no ...
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Why the difference between Tomcat and Tomcat7 regarding servlet mapping and defaults?

With the following configuration: <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> ...
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How can set a local host ip address to forward to local host virtual host domain name [closed]

I want to forward different domain names to single IP Address (local for testing), but how can i recognize in pc that which domain name should be linked to which folder? For example in my windows ...
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MAMP not working as 'localhost' but works with “127.0.0.1”

I just installed MAMP on Mac OSX 10.8.2. When it is started, I'm not able to access the server through http://localhost:8888 but when I visit http://127.0.0.1:8888/ and it works fine. Why is it so? ...
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How do I access PHPMyAdmin after install in Ubuntu?

I installed Apache and then PHPMyAdmin on my Ubuntu server, but I have not been able to access PHPMyAdmin at http://localhost/phpmyadmin/. http://localhost is working however.
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Redirect subdomain to local PC

I have a home web server which is constantly running. Is it possible to create a subdomain which would redirect traffic to another local PC? For example, I have one Server and one notebook (with web ...
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Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /var/www on Ubuntu 11.04

I am getting a 403 when i access http://mayfieldafc.local/ upon looking in the Apache logs I am getting: [Wed Nov 16 12:32:59 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Symbolic link not allowed or link target ...
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Locally hosted website not working on some computers [closed]

We've got a website (hosted locally but available over the internet) that does not work for everybody. The problem has been reported by internal users having windows vista home. If they go on our ...
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Virtual host not working in Windows 7 XAMPP

I am using Windows 7 and XAMPP. I want to create a virtual host so I added 127.0.0.1 myawesomeproject to my hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) like this: # Copyright ...
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Name of virtualhost (apache)

I need to create virtualhost with name "virtualhost_name". To access it with http://virtualhost_name I have a pattern: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin jan@novak.cz DocumentRoot "path" ...
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Where to buy a domain for my local server [closed]

I have made a website and hosted in my local computer using a static ip Where can i buy a domain name such as www.something.com such that it can redirect to my static IP. So that if i m using a page ...
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How to forward a domain on IIS on windows 7

Briefly my question is about combining my registered domain with the websites listening on port 80/8080 on my server. I have a web server IIS on windows 7 and two web sites listening on port 80 and ...

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