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Add project hosts entry on Windows
On Windows, custom DNS entries can be added to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
and will take precedence over the same entries provided by any DNS server.
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Assumption
In order to better illustrate the process, we are going to use two projects as an example. See the following table for project directories and env_tld_suffix
.
Project directory | TLD_SUFFIX | Project URL | Required DNS name |
---|---|---|---|
project-1 | loc |
http://project-1.loc | project-1.loc |
www.project-1 | loc |
http://www.project-1.loc | www.project-1.loc |
Docker for Windows
When using Docker for Windows you can use 127.0.0.1
for the IP address.
Open
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
with admistrative privileges vianotepad.exe
or any other text editor.Add DNS records for the above listed examples:
127.0.0.1 project-1.loc 127.0.0.1 www.project-1.loc
Save the file and verify the DNS entries with the
ping
commandhost> ping -c1 project-1.loc PING project-1.loc (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
host> ping -c1 www.project-1.loc PING www.project-1.loc (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
Docker Toolbox
When using the Docker Toolbox, you cannot use 127.0.0.1
for DNS entries, but rather need to use the IP address of the Docker Toolbox machine instead.
howto_find_docker_toolbox_ip_address
For this example we will assume the Docker Toolbox IP address is 192.168.99.100
.
Open
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
with admistrative privileges vianotepad.exe
or any other text editor.Add DNS records for the above listed examples:
192.168.99.100 project-1.loc 192.168.99.100 www.project-1.loc
Safe the file and verify the DNS entries with the
ping
commandhost> ping -c1 project-1.loc PING project-1.loc (192.168.99.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (192.168.99.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
host> ping -c1 www.project-1.loc PING www.project-1.loc (192.168.99.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (192.168.99.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms