codeminer Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Just messing around with apache config file, if you look in dashboard you can find a link called How To ,If you click it will it will bring you to a menu with a list of topics with step by step instruction on how to set up different browser functions. For instance setting up sub-domains ,virtual-host,alias which to me are very much the same thing and use the same directives . I followed all the instruction to create sub-domains everything went very easy and smooth . The only thing i don't like about it is that every time you create a sub-domain you have to manually add the ip address to system 32 /driver/extra/ext/host file the only way to get around this they explained was to use a domain name server "DNS" or a proxy DNS .so i went and found me a proxy DNS installed it on my machine BOOM THAT BABY WORKS LIKE A CHARM. Just thought id drop a link in case any of you would like to add sub-domains without having the need to manually add the ip addres to your host file. Here the link to Acrylic DNS Proxy http://mayakron.altervista.org/wikibase/show.php?id=AcrylicHome hope this helps somebody if you need help on installing let me know and i will post the instructions Edited January 25, 2018 by codeminer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 FYI, subdomains, virtual hosts, and aliases are not the same. If they were there would be no reason to have 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeminer Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) This is true. What they do have in common is you still have to add the ip address to your host file in order to access them by there name with out having to add 127.0.0.1/bla/bla/bla. Thats what i was trying to address in most cases it has to be done manually and then theres daemon the dynamic link the owner sorry if i offend you Edited January 25, 2018 by codeminer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 It's not offensive, I just want to make sure you understand they're not the same thing. You don't necessarily need an entry in your host file, your computer just needs to be able to resolve the domain name through DNS or local resolution. It checks the host file before contacting a DNS server so that lookups for things in the host file are faster and don't require a DNS round trip. This is how the entire domain name system works for the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeminer Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Thank you man it motivates me to learn. i appreciate correction im not all that im just trying to learn. just thought this might help somebody i used that proxy dns it works great i have access to every folder just by typing in folder name and the tld and i don' have to add anything to the host file it done dynamicly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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