ISPconfig - How do I view my site without a domain?

Procédure

Why access your site without a domain name?

It can be useful not to make your website public straight away in an emergency, to check the configuration of your site and make sure it is working properly.

How do I view my site without a domain?

1. Log in to your LWS Panel customer area

2. Click on the Server tab

3. Click on the Manage button

4. Click on the Administration Panel button

5. Enter the password and user ISPConfig

6. Click on Sites and then on Add a new site

7. Enter your fictitious domain name then click on Save

8. Then locate and edit the hosts file to make the fictitious domain name accessible from your computer.

On Windows, the original hosts file can be found here:C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

9. Open the file (with Notepad or notepad):

Add a line at the bottom of the page, in the format :

12.123.12.123 mydomain.com www.mondomaine.com

In this example, "12.123.12.123" is the IP of your server (to be replaced by yours), and "mydomain.com" is your domain name (to be replaced by the address you wish to consult).

Save the changes.

10. Your fictitious domain is instantly operational: you can now see it "online" via any web browser installed on your computer (it is not visible from the outside, on the Internet or from another computer).

To be visible on a search engine such as Google, you will need a domain name.