Hi apologies if this question has been asked a thousand times before (But I did search the threads that the forums AI suggest before I posted)...

I have managed to install linux (SUSE - install went like a dream) and I'm hoping to use it as my main development box however I've hit one wall that I don't seem to be able to resolve.

I think what I want to be able to do is to locally resolve my clients domains on this box.

I'll try and explain better with an example.

I have a client who has an existing live web site URL "www.myclient.com"

Instead of typing a development URL of http://localhost/~myclient in my browser I want to get apache to resolve requests to www.myclient.com to go to http://localhost/~myclient instead of the current live web site.

Is what I'm trying to achieve possible?

If it is can anyone tell me how, or point me in the direction of a tut on it?

Beachcomber.

would an entry to /etc/hosts pointing that name to 127.0.0.1 not suffice? you wouldn't be able to route to that hostname, but i guess that's imaterial really. you could also use a browser plugin for developers which allows you to specify arbitrary headers, i.e. in firefox you could go to http://127.0.0.1 but include a HOST header for the clients domain name which apache would then act upon. i expect a /etc/hosts is probably all you really want.

Hi,

As always, what seems insurmountable is actually very simple...

I haven't tried your suggested solution yet (I will later), but it seems to make perfect sense. I will try it in a little while when I've a couple of mins. - It a typical Monday morning here and the phone hasn't stopped ringing!

I will update the thread to let you know how I get on.

Beachcomber

Hi acid_kewpie.

I have now had a chance to amend my local hosts file /etc/hosts and as per your advice my clients domain now resolves to my local machine. The key thing is that now the address in the address bar says my clients URL.

The reason that I needed this to resolve locally was that my client wants google maps and that requires you register the live domain. Now that I have their domain resolving to my local machine I can incorporate the maps locally without having to try to develop the page using their live site.

Many, many thanks

Rob