Wamp in network with a domain name

dns, wamp, wampserver

Solution

you can do that by configuring your virtual hosts and the httpd.conf file of your apache

configure apache

the file of your apache will be located in:

- c:\wamp\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf

search for something like:

DocumentRoot 'c:/wamp/www'

and add the following code after the DocumentRoot 'c:/wamp/www' into the file:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot 'C:\wamp\www'
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot 'C:\wamp\www\ClientsMyClient'
</VirtualHost>

configure hostfile

on mac via terminal:

- sudo nano /etc/hosts

on windows 7:

- open a texteditor as administrator

- open file and go to: %Systemroot%\System32\Drivers\Etc

(source: edit hosts file in windows 7)

when you have it opened just write a new line into the file:

XXX.XXX.XXX yourdomain.com
(mostly this will be: 127.0.0.1 yourdomain.com)

I do suggest you use yourdomain.local, because if you ever host a website, you might get confused about which one is the public one and which one is the local website :).

in your browser you then type: yourdomain.com and you should be able to have a project hosted on a wamp server, with his own domain.

hope this helps! :-)

(source: http://viralpatel.net/blogs/how-to-setup-multiple-virtual-hosts-in-wamp/)

Problem

I have configured a Wamp server in my local network and it works great. I can access each project with xxx.xxx.xxx/myproject, but, as another option, can I configure them to access like www.myproject.com or http://myproject.com from the local network? I am an embedded system programmer and I have to access my embedded Ethernet boards with various machines. It works fine with an IP address, but I just want to know if it is possible.

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