Questions tagged [localhost]
Localhost is an address/term used for testing connection to the local host (current computer) used for some network troubleshooting
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Why does my hostname appear with the address 127.0.1.1 rather than 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts?
This may be a bit of a noobish question, but I was taking a look at /etc/hosts on my new Xubuntu install and saw this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 myhostname
On most 'nixes I've used, the second ...
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In my /etc/hosts/ file on Linux/OSX, how do I do a wildcard subdomain?
I need to test sub-domains on my localhost. How can I effectively have this result of adding *.localhost.com to my /etc/hosts/ file?
If it's not possible, how do I work around this problem? I need ...
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How to force MySQL to connect by TCP instead of a Unix socket?
I would like to analyze mysql traffic. Right now, all mysql requests are sent to the MySQL unix socket:
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3734388 15304/mysqld /var/run/mysqld/...
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MySQL cannot connect via "localhost", only 127.0.0.1
this is somewhat of a mystery to me. The only way I can connect to MySQL is if I call it via "127.0.0.1" ... for example, my PHP connect script will NOT work with localhost
I'm running Mac OS X Lion, ...
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How to configure Tomcat to only listen to 127.0.0.1?
The environment is Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS running Tomcat 6 and Apache 2.2 from the repos. Apache is configured to proxy requests to Tomcat, so I really want to turn off Tomcat listening to requests on ...
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FTP hangs on: 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection
I am setting up an FTP server on my Windows 2008 server (R2).
Everything appears to be installed correctly but I am having trouble using an FTP Client to login to my FTP server.
I can remote desktop ...
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Who picked 127.0.0.1 to be localhost and why? What meaning does it have?
I'm almost positive everyone on here knows the meaning of 127.0.0.1. But, why is that ALWAYS localhost? Who picked that arbitrary IP? Why was that IP picked? Why not something more simple such as 1.0....
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Is there a way to get wireshark to capture packets sent from/to localhost on Windows?
Is there a way to get wireshark to capture packets sent from/to localhost?
When I monitor traffic going from my computer to another, or from another computer to my computer, then it works. But ...
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localhost in a DNS zone
Our ISP also hosts our external DNS. By default they include an entry for localhost.
For example:
localhost.example.com. 86400 IN A 127.0.0.1
When I've asked them to remove it they give me a hard ...
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How to add local forward setting to my ssh config file?
I currently can do this:
ssh 12.34.56.78 -L 8888:localhost:8000
And I can then open my local browser to localhost:8888 and see the app running in my server at 12.34.56.78:8000.
I want to avoid having ...
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Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 80
I have running nginx server (doesn't matter which server):
$ sudo netstat -tulpn | grep 80
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4268/nginx
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Can't SSH into a Vagrant Virtual Machine
Local Vagrant machine installed at IP address 10.0.0.23 with hostname lamp-vm.
Using vagrant ssh command, I can connect just fine and do everything I need.
This creates an error
$ ssh vagrant@...
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can localhost be spoofed?
Is it possible for a remote machine to access another machine's localhost data by spoofing the loopback ip?
Say if I wanted a setup where if I'm connecting from somewhere outside my own network, I ...
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"/etc/apache2/httpd.conf: No such file or directory" error after Ubuntu upgrade
So I upgraded Ubuntu and I went to 127.0.0.1 in Chrome and got "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 127.0.0.1" so I restarted Apache but was met with this error:
apache2: Syntax error on line ...
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What is the 'cacert.pem' and for what to use that?
I am developing a web application on localhost with domains and sub-domains and I would like to use a HTTPS connection. On my Mac OS, in order to enable SSL, I need to set Apache correctly, so I ...
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Assigning Multiple IP Addresses to localhost OS X 10.6
I'm attempting to host multiple website locally with HTTPS enabled, but in order to do this I'd need to configure my local machine to use multiple IP address for localhost (I believe). Is there any ...
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What exactly is going on when I go to localhost:8080 in my web browser? (Apache Tomcat)
I've spent my career doing all local application programming (C++ applications and whatnot). I'm trying to dig my feet into the web world now, however. I'm using Eclipse (Mars) and Apache Tomcat 8.0....
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/etc/hosts file being ignored
My hosts file is being ignored, apparently.
It contains:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 mydomain.com
127.0.0.1 nowhere
If I ping localhost or 'nowhere', I get an 'unknown ...
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iptables: what does "--src-type LOCAL" mean exactly?
The iptables man page defines it as "a local address" but does this refer only to the 127 range (localhost) or does it include 10, 169, 192 as well ?
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How to access localhost by IP address? [closed]
I am trying to access localhost by my IP address. My IP address is/was 217.164.79.62 (It is set to be automatically assigned so it keeps changing).
When I visit http://localhost/, I get the XAMPP ...
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DNS Lookups for local MAMP web server URL taking 5+ seconds
I'm running MAMP on OS X 10.7. I've set up a virtual host in Apache, like so:
<Directory "/sites/example.com/">
Allow From All
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
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Windows Server 2008 - Connecting to 127.0.0.1
Im running Windows Server 2008 R2, we have an application that connects from (binds to) a public IP on the server to 127.0.0.1:8334 [connects to a service listening on 0.0.0.0:8334]
In Windows 2003, ...
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nginx redirecting to localhost
I'm sort of a noob at this and I'm just switching into nginx so I apologize for the noob question.
I have installed nginx and when I go to the root directory of its web folder I can get the index ...
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How to create an alias for a named SQL Server instance
On my developer computer I have an SQL Server instance named developer_2005. In the resource setting files of a C# application we are creating, the instance name is set to foobar (not really, but just ...
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Is it safe to add additional 127.0.0.1 entries to /etc/hosts?
I want to add this entry:
127.0.0.1 api.localhost
To test the api of my web app.
However, the hosts file says:
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# ...
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SSH login using public key failed
On localhost running sshd service. Created two pairs of rsa keys for root and user1 using ssh-keygen. Copied from root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to user1/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. Changed permissions to 600. Tried ssh -...
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Curl request wont resolve to localhost
I have an ubuntu server running apache on localhost / port 80. It's domain is sub.domain.com
If I make a curl request to http://localhost on that machine it will error with 'couldnt connect to host' ...
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IIS asks for login/pass when accessed using hostname but not when 'localhost' is used. Why?
I have setup IIS on my xp machine and have setup a default homepage (that comes with the IIS installed). It is a help page I think.
when I access the page with http://localhost it works fine (IE/...
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Configure Dovecot to only let localhost connect via imap
How do I configure the Dovecot message delivery agent to only allow imap connections from localhost?
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Accessing localhost on IIS7 from another computer on the network
I recently upgraded computers to Windows 7 Professional and am running IIS7. When I'm on my computer I can easily access localhost through my web browser but when I try from another computer on my ...
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Sendmail to local domain ignoring MX records (part 2)
I have the exact problem, like in this post: Sendmail to local domain ignoring MX records . I am also using an email provider like GMail For Your Domain (which stores your mail and manages it). I am ...
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Port 80: connection refused. How to fix on Mac OSX? [duplicate]
I've noticed some issues with Apache virtual hosts on two Macs that otherwise have the same kind of set up (in terms of httpd.conf, vhosts, hosts etc.) On one Mac, virtual hosts are served without a ...
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Can I access Cassini from a remote machine?
So I'm having that browser compatibility party we all have at some point in a web project and want to access my localhost Cassini instance created by VS2008 rather than having to upload to our ...
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Why does local host say "It Works"? [closed]
I have configured all my websites in the "Sites" folder to be tested in my browser. When I type a web address for example http://test.dev, I get "It Works".
Why?
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Virtual hosts on same ip AND port
Is this even possible?
My current vhost.conf entries:
<VirtualHost www2.b-page.lv:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/b-page"
ServerName b-page
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iptables for local connections
On "Server A", I have a service running on port 1445.
"Server B" can connect to "Server A" on port 445 via the following rule:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d www.kunde.de -p tcp -m tcp --dport 445 -...
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Difference between 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1? [duplicate]
In my /etc/hosts file, I have two lines:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 hostname
What is the difference between the two lines, where do I find the host name?
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DNS server can't resolve localhost name
I'm trying to set up an Apache server on my RHEL6.4 vm and can't because dnsmasq can't recognize the hostname for some reason:
nslookup rhel64.example.com
Server: xxx.xxx.xx.1
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Ubuntu + Nginx 127.0.0.1 works but localhost doesn't
this one is weird, because I don't have any error messages.
I have a very basic default file:
server {
#listen 80; ## listen for ipv4; this line is default and implied
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Self-signed EV SSL certificate [closed]
I have a ton of testing projects going on in my localhost apache server. I have SSL installed on my localhost. Call me a freak (and I wouldn't mind it because this is totally pointless), but I would ...
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Alternative to HOSTS file for virtual hosts?
I am running Windows 7, Apache 2.28 is my version of Apache, localhost and virtual hosts run well.
Only one issue - what's the best alternative to using the HOSTS file?
I tried DNSKong, but not sure ...
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How to reset and persist the hostname and FQDN of an Windows Azure Centos instance?
How does one reset a hostname and domain name (FQDN) to localhost.localdomain on a Centos 6.2 Azure Instance? I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysctl.conf, setting the hostname manually,...
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IIS refuses connection to localhost and 127.0.0.1
I am unable to connect to localhost and http:// 127.0.0.1 on one of my machines. However http://machinename works.
This results in the Windows Token Application being not able to issue tokens, ...
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Downloading from wget - folder issue
I have a website - http://myradio1.localhost and the directory is currently empty.
The virtual host works fine, no issues there.
This is my command I'm using to download the site via wget:
wget --...
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How do I fix "getaddrinfo: localhost Name or service not found" for telnet server?
I need to enable telnet (no i can't use ssh, and I don't want to discuss why I have to use telnet either), I have 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost in /etc/hosts. I have installed telnet-...
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Cannot loopback to localhost php gateway causing nginx to timeout while setting up firewall with ufw
I'm setting up ufw for the first time. Using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on an OpenVZ VPN and have the following rules:
sudo ufw allow 22/tcp
sudo ufw allow 25/tcp
sudo ufw allow 53
sudo ufw allow 80
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Minikube. How to allow access to local mySQL database from container
I'm trying to access to local MySQL database from minikube container. My minikube works on Windows 10 with hyper-v driver. I found a few solutions (creating host-only network from VirtualBox) but ...
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Ubuntu Apache Server 503 Error: disabled connection for (localhost)
in a bit of a bind here. I'm trying to move a website (www.monkhouselaw.com) from one hosting company to my Digital Ocean VPS. I've changed the DNS settings to:
* -> 107.170.29.18
www -> 107....
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Arbitrary loopback ip addresses besides 127.0.0.1
I am developing a web app that has to produce different output based on ip. For testing and during development it would help a lot if I could have more loopback ip addresses besides 127.0.0.1. Is ...
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Setting up subdomains on localhost
I have been trying to set up a subdomain on my local development environment, dev.localhost. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and Apache2. So far, I've edited my host file to include the line 127.0.0.1 dev....
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