Access localhost from another computer

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I have created virtual host example.local in ubuntu. I want to open it from another computer on the network. How can I do that? I can open websites in /var/www/html using my ip: http://11.22.33.4/example But how can I open http://example.local from another computer?

Do you mean programmatically? Or by configuration. For latter: superuser.stackexchange.com — Gábor Bakos
– Gábor Bakos, Commented Dec 11, 2014 at 13:40

MandalorDevelopment · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-11 13:48:04Z

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Create a DNS route to your server ...

In your hosts file:

11.22.33.4    example.local

You find your hosts file here:

Windows: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Linux / MAC: /etc/hosts

answered Dec 11, 2014 at 13:48

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MandalorDevelopment Over a year ago

You could add the DNS route to your DNS Server, too, that way you would be able to access example.local from every computer on your network

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