In gmane.comp.apache.user, you wrote: > > I am trying to test a subdomain hosted in a hosting service while > simultaneously running the same subdomain in an in-house server, > by adding an entry to the hosts file. > > The idea is to make my test client (a windows 10 desktop) think that the su= > bdomain being tested resolves to the IP address I added in the hosts file, > not the global IP address that the authoritative DNS returns.=20 > > Is it possible? What I do to support my website(s) is to use the below URL/Domain Name scheme: https://example.com for the (obviously) remotely hosted website https://example.tst for the local copy/devl of the website. ... and enter example.tst (and www.example.tst) in /etc/hosts I employ *no other* complexity. It might be tedious,but /etc/hosts could also contain entry lines for https://a.example.tst https://b.example.tst https://c.example.tst https://etc.example.tst I can move back and forth (and step on my dick) by merely over-typing the tst/com glyphs. HTH Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | Marvin | W3DHJ.net | linux 38.238N 104.547W | @ jonz.net | Jonesy | FreeBSD * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx