Top "Hosts" questions

A `hosts` file is used to map hostnames to IP addresses on a TCP/IP-enabled computer.

How to find Google's IP address?

Google is blocked in some countries. However, there are many ways to access Google, like VPN, agent, and by changing …

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Wildcards in a Windows hosts file

I want to setup my local development machine so that any requests for *.local are redirected to localhost. The idea …

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Can I edit an iPad's host file?

I doubt this is possible without extensive jail-breaking, but is it at all possible to edit the iPad's (or any …

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How to add more than one machine to the trusted hosts list using winrm

To run powershell commands on a machine from a remote machine we have to add the remote machine to the …

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How to change the hosts file on android

I have successfully rooted my Samsung Galaxy Mini (android 2.2.1) and thought, that I could change anything (as root usually can). …

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How to update /etc/hosts file in Docker image during "docker build"

I want to update my /etc/hosts file during "docker build". I added below line in Dockerfile but it's neither …

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Set cURL to use local virtual hosts

Using Apache or Ngnix I always create development sites based on real projects such as http://project1.loc which, after …

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How to put wildcard entry into /etc/hosts?

I recently wanted to point all subdomains for a test domain, let's say example.com to the localhost. Is there …

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Using --add-host or extra_hosts with docker-compose

I am using docker-compose to run a test environment, that consists of about 5 different containers. The inter-container links and the …

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Editing hosts file to redirect url?

I know you can edit a hosts file to redirect a URL to an IP address as so: 127.0.0.1 google.com …

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