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Acrylic Hosts File Configuration
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| Acrylic DNS Proxy (free, open source) does the job. It creates a proxy DNS server (on your own computer) with its own hosts file. The hosts file accepts wildcards. | |
| Download from the offical website | |
| http://mayakron.altervista.org/support/browse.php?path=Acrylic&name=Home | |
| Configuring Acrylic DNS Proxy | |
| To configure Acrylic DNS Proxy, install it from the above link then go to: | |
| Start | |
| Programs | |
| Acrylic DNS Proxy | |
| Config | |
| Edit Custom Hosts File (AcrylicHosts.txt) | |
| Add the folowing lines on the end of the file: | |
| 127.0.0.1 *.localhost | |
| 127.0.0.1 *.local | |
| 127.0.0.1 *.lc | |
| Restart the Acrylic DNS Proxy service: | |
| Start | |
| Programs | |
| Acrilic DNS Proxy | |
| Config | |
| Restart Acrylic Service | |
| You will also need to adjust your DNS setting in you network interface settings: | |
| Start | |
| Control Panel | |
| Network and Internet | |
| Network Connections | |
| Local Area Connection Properties | |
| TCP/IPv4 | |
| Set "Use the following DNS server address": | |
| Preferred DNS Server: 127.0.0.1 | |
| If you then combine this answer with jeremyasnyder's answer (using VirtualDocumentRoot) you can then automatically setup domains/virtual hosts by simply creating a directory. | |
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