Re: How can I force a server name header? (Apache Users)

http://ip/ will always land on the default (first) vhost unless you have another vhost with ServerName IP set. Just set up an arbitrary hostname to resolve to 192.168.1.7, then use http://dummyhostname/. Make sure to define a vhost with that ServerName set as well.

I would encourage you to look at the name-based vhosts docs, too.

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 9:08 PM John Iliffe <john.iliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm trying to test a new server located at internal IP 192.168.1.5. The
production server lives at IP 192.168.1.7 on the same network.

How can I force the browser to connect to the correct server? If I try
"http://192.168.1.5" the redirect on the first (alphabetically) virtual
server redirects to the production server.

What I need to be able to do is combine the virtual server id with the
network address so I connect to the same name but on the machine I'm
testing. I think this is the "ServerName" header but I don't know where
I can enter this on Firefox.

Anybody have any experience with this problem?

Thanks in advance.

John
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