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Edited 9 time(s). Last edit at 10/02/2014 06:29PM by Otomatic.

Where is the equivalent to the hosts file in Windows 8.1?

Hi,

In all Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 it is always "windows/system32/dirvers/etc/hosts"

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Thanks. I don't know why I couldn't find it before.

After I make the changes in hosts, Notepad++ won't let me save my changes. It says "Please check if this file is open in another program." How do I force it to save my changes? How do I find out what program is holding it open?

Its a windows protected file.

You have to have admin privileges to chnage it.


Simplest solution is to kill notepad++, then launch it using 'right click + shift' and click the "Run as Administrator" menu item. You are then running it as an admin and you can save it.

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Thanks!

I do a lot and often virtual hosts. That's why I did alongside the script and I put to Wamp. The script looks at hosts founded in file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ", orders them and removes duplicate names. Interact with the console asks for the host name and inserts it with the ip adersem the same as localhost (127.0.0.1).
Then the script asks for the host directory, email the Admin, the index file and inserts the file "" settings of virtual hosts and their settings directories.

If someone wants to can easily add a list of hosts as:
1. jump to a folder (shell execute)
2. open the host by default browser


Note: copy and run at your own risk, for me in win7 is OK.

Script : C:\wamp\scripts\addVHost.php

<?php
$hostemail="johndoe@mail.com";
$dindex=array("DirectoryIndex","index.php" ;
start_again:
$path=$_SERVER['SystemRoot'].'\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts';
$vpath="C:\\wamp\\vhosts\\httpd-vhosts.conf";
$vhostStr = file_get_contents($path) ;
$lines = preg_split("/[\r?\n]+/",$vhostStr) ;
$hosts = array() ;
$unique = array() ;
$ipV4Patt ="(\b(??:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\b)";
$ipV6Patt ="(((\b[\da-fA-F]{1,4}{7}|:{2,7})([\da-fA-F]{1,4}))";
$hostPatt="([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?";

$virtualHostData ="
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName {{hostname}}
DocumentRoot \"{{folder}}\"
{{directory_index}}
ServerAdmin {{admin_email}}
ErrorLog \"logs/{{hostname}}.log\"
CustomLog \"logs/{{hostname}}-access.log\" common
</VirtualHost>

<Directory \"{{folder}}\">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
        Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

";



foreach($lines as $line) {
if (preg_match("/^\s*\#/",$line)) continue;
if (preg_match("%^\s*(?<ip>($ipV6Patt)||($ipV4Patt))\s+(?<host>$hostPatt)%",$line,$match)) {
    $hosts[$match['host']]=$match['ip'];
    $unique[$match['host']]=$match['ip'];
    }
}
$localip="127.0.0.1";
$str="";
foreach($lines as $line) {
if (preg_match("/^\s*\#/",$line)) $str .= $line."\n";
if (preg_match("%^\s*(?<ip>($ipV6Patt)||($ipV4Patt))\s+(?<host>$hostPatt)%",$line,$match)) {
    if (isset ($hosts[$match['host']])) {
        $str .= "\t".$match['ip']."\t".$match['host']."\n";
        if (trim($match['host'])=="localhost" $localip=trim($match['ip']) ; 
        unset ($hosts[$match['host']]) ;
        }
    }
}

echo "

virtual host be create on addres : $localip
input name of new virtual host (eg) : www.my.zone >";
$newVirtHost = strtolower (trim(fgets(STDIN))) ;
$message = "";
if (! preg_match("%^($hostPatt)$%",$newVirtHost)) $message="Host name is not correct\n";
if (isset ($unique[$newVirtHost])) $message .= "Host is not unique (hostname conflict!)\n";

if ($message =="" {
    $str .= "\t$localip\t$newVirtHost\n";
    echo "

    ",$str;

    echo "

    If this list is good, and to be saved, enter ([no] or yes):>";
    $save = trim(fgets(STDIN)) ;
    if (strtolower($save)=="yes" {
        if (file_put_contents($path,$str)) {
            echo $message,"\nVHost is saved,Press Enter to continue...";
            trim(fgets(STDIN)) ;
            
            $vpath="C:\\wamp\\vhosts\\httpd-vhosts.conf";
            $virtualStr = file_get_contents($vpath) ;
            
            $appdata=$_SERVER['APPDATA']."\\$newVirtHost";
echo "

to complette input data for real path on virtual host : $newVirtHost

input folder name to this host (eg) : $appdata >>";

            $result= (trim(fgets(STDIN))) ;
            $newFolder = $result=="" ? $appdata : $result;
            
            if(!is_dir($newFolder)) {
                    echo "The Directory {$newFolder} not exists, you want to create it ? Press <yes> to create >";
                    $message="";
                    $result= strtolower(trim(fgets(STDIN))) ;
                    if ($result=='yes') {
                    if (! mkdir($newFolder , 0777)) {
                        $message="Error Create Folder: $newFolder \n";
                        goto toend;
                    } else  $message.="Succesfully, Create Folder: $newFolder \n";
                    }
            }

echo "
input host admin email (eg) : <$hostemail>>";

            $result= (trim(fgets(STDIN))) ;
            $newEmail = $result=="" ? $hostemail : $result;
echo "
input file name for Directory Index (eg) : <$dindex[1]>>";

            $dindex[1]= (trim(fgets(STDIN))) ;
            $newDirIndex = $dindex[0]." ".$dindex[1];

            $virtualHostData = preg_replace(array("/{{hostname}}/","/{{folder}}/","/{{admin_email}}/","/{{directory_index}}/",
                                            array($newVirtHost,$newFolder,$newEmail,$newDirIndex),
                                            $virtualHostData) ;
            $virtualStr .=$virtualHostData;
            if (file_put_contents($vpath,$virtualStr)) {
                $message .="You Have New VirtualHost: [$newVirtHost]
DocumentRoot = $newFolder
";
            }
            goto toend;
        }
    }
}
else  {

    goto toend;
    

}

toend:
    echo "$message\n\nPress Enter to exit, Any Key then Again";
    $result = trim(fgets(STDIN)) ;
    if ($result=="" exit; else goto start_again;   
?>

fragments to add to WAMP menu:


change file : C:\wamp\wampmanager.ini

[apacheMenu]
;WAMPAPACHEMENUSTART
Type: submenu; Caption: "Version"; SubMenu: apacheVersion; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "Service"; SubMenu: apacheService; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "Moduly Apache"; SubMenu: apache_mod; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "Apache Virtual Host"; SubMenu: vhost_add; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "Katalog aliasów"; SubMenu: alias_dir; Glyph: 3
Type: item; Caption: "httpd.conf"; Glyph: 6; Action: run; FileName: "C:/Program Files/notepad++.exe"; parameters:"c:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/conf/httpd.conf"
Type: item; Caption: "Apache error log"; Glyph: 6; Action: run; FileName: "C:/Program Files/notepad++.exe"; parameters:"c:/wamp/logs/apache_error.log"
Type: item; Caption: "Apache access log"; Glyph: 6; Action: run; FileName: "C:/Program Files/notepad++.exe"; parameters:"c:/wamp/logs/access.log"
;WAMPAPACHEMENUEND

the same changes in file : C:\wamp\wampmanager.tpl

[apacheMenu]
;WAMPAPACHEMENUSTART
Type: submenu; Caption: "Version"; SubMenu: apacheVersion; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "Service"; SubMenu: apacheService; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "${w_apacheModules}"; SubMenu: apache_mod; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "Apache Virtual Host"; SubMenu: vhost_add; Glyph: 3
Type: submenu; Caption: "${w_aliasDirectories}"; SubMenu: alias_dir; Glyph: 3
Type: item; Caption: "httpd.conf"; Glyph: 6; Action: run; FileName: "${c_editor}"; parameters:"${c_apacheConfFile}"
Type: item; Caption: "${w_apacheErrorLog}"; Glyph: 6; Action: run; FileName: "${c_editor}"; parameters:"${c_installDir}/${logDir}apache_error.log"
Type: item; Caption: "${w_apacheAccessLog}"; Glyph: 6; Action: run; FileName: "${c_editor}"; parameters:"${c_installDir}/${logDir}access.log"
;WAMPAPACHEMENUEND

and in file : C:\wamp\wampmanager.tpl

[alias_dir]
;WAMPALIAS_DIRSTART
Type: separator; Caption: "${w_aliasDirectories}"
Type: item; Caption: "${w_adddAlias}"; Action: multi; Actions: add_alias;Glyph : 1
Type: separator
;WAMPADDALIAS
;WAMPALIAS_DIREND

[vhost_add]
;WAMPALIAS_DIRSTART
Type: separator; Caption: "VIRTUAL HOST"
Type: item; Caption: "AddVHOST"; Action: multi; Actions: add_vhost;Glyph : 1
Type: separator

regards Andrzej Kmicic

Yea, looking more and more like a huge bother. Will probably end up testing using the Chrome emulator and Inspect when working locally. then test with the actual devices on a live server.

Thanks a lot for your time though.

Cheers.

Thanks RiggsFolly for helping me out on StackOverflow. Please can you confirm that it is normal

-- To be able to see a list of My Virtual Hosts under Powered by Alter Way AND NOT under the titleYOUR VIRTUAL HOSTS on Local Host

-- For nothing to ever show up in c:/wamp/vhosts

DETAILS OF SETTINGS

Windows 7

Wamp2.5 with MySQL5.5.24 active (not the default 5.6.17)

64 bit (I know this is against your advice but I couldn't get the 32bit to work - can't remember the symptoms in the haze of confusion - my previous WAMP stopped working when I tried to set up VirtualHosts)

Port 81 and for MySQL 3307 (Again I know this is against your advice but I develop with a portable WAMP to and it is tiresome to spend the day switching off and exiting).

All my folders are in c:/wamp/www.


http.conf - unchecked to allow virtual hosts.

wampmanager.tpl to add one line only: ;WAMPVHOSTSUBMENU [seemed odd to me that there was no elaboration - is this correct?)

Hosts -

#IPV4
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost:81
127.0.0.1 pooledwisdom.dev #Ajax development

#IPV6
::1 localhost
::1 localhost:81
::1 pooledwisdom.dev #Ajax development




<VirtualHost *:81>
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www"
ServerName localhost:81
ServerAlias localhost:81
ErrorLog "logs/wamp.www-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/wamp.www-access.log" common
<Directory "c:/wamp/www">
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:81>
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/pooledwisdom.dev"
ServerName pooledwisdom.dev:81
ServerAlias pooledwisdom.dev:81
ErrorLog "logs/pooledwisdom-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/pooledwisdom-access.log" common
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/pooledwisdom.dev">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

php_flag display_errors Off
php_flag log_errors on

php_value max_upload_size 40M
php_value max_execution_time 120
php_value error_log "c:/wamp/logs/pooledwisdom_phperror.log"
</VirtualHost>


Symptoms: The ServerNames shows up in three places - on My Virtual Hosts, and then in the browser bar and lastly in hosts. The ServerName in hosts does not seem to need :81 but if i don't put it in then the port does not show up the Virtual Host definition, then it does not get transferred to the browser bar.

www.pooledwisdom.dev with or without :81 leads to "Problem loading the page"

Following the folder name pooledwisdom.dev from My Projects on the Local Host page ..not sure of the verb.. deals with the website locally. I have confirmed this by printing out three $_Server...

Follwing the foldername pooledwisdom.dev from My Projects under Alter Way leads to Problem Loading Page (unsurprisingly as pooledwisdom.dev goes into the browser bar with no port no.)

I can get on with development because pooledwisdeom.dev:81 will set the root correctly but this seems a very untidy arrangement that will cause great confusion if i am away for a while and have forgotten what works and what does not.

Can you spot what I amd doing wrong or is this normal?

Thanks very much and for the other tips on StackOverflow



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/31/2014 12:19AM by jozi.

Hi,

I just upgraded to WAMPSERVER 2.5.

I was glad to find this tutorial but it has not helped me solve my basic problem. I can't access sites from our outside address.

I have wamp installed on

Server 2008 64

That is the only thing on this server. Localhost works. I can get to one local application. But how to do I access it from the outside IP?

My HOST file is

127.0.0.1 www.bosscosmetics.us

My httpd-vhost file has this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@bosscosmetics.us
DocumentRoot "C:/wampclient/www/bosslady/"
ServerName bosscosmetics.us
ServerAlias bosscosmetics.us
ErrorLog "logs/bosslady.log"
CustomLog "logs/boss-access.log" common
<Directory "C:/wampclient/www/boss">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require all granted #got this from another posting

</Directory>
php_flag display_errors Off
php_flag log_errors On

php_value max_upload_size 40M
php_value max_execution_time 120
php_value error_log "c:/wampclient/logs/bosserrors.log"
</VirtualHost>

I turned everything on an went through it several times to make sure that I did not miss anything. I even enabled the Vhost menu. Still not working after a hard reboot of the server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

All that is require is a bit of typo checking I think.


Error's I spotted with suggested fixes:-

ServerAlias www.bosscosmetics.us

DocumentRoot "C:/wampclient/www/bosslady/"
does not match with
<Directory "C:/wampclient/www/boss">
Not sure which one is correct and which is a typo ????



You have set error log twice and the names are not the same???
1. ErrorLog "logs/bosslady.log"
2. php_value error_log "c:/wampclient/logs/bosserrors.log"
either should work but probably not both together. I would use 1. and delete 2.

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I am using wamp server to host WordPress locally for development on my windows laptop. I am working on a WordPress theme which needs to be tested on mobile and older IE versions. So I ended up installing BIND domain name server from www.isc.org. Bind basic configuration is simple for my project. This is what I did.
1. Install and setup virtual host on wamp.
2. Install bind and disable windows dnscache service.
3. configure bind to work as a caching name server forwarding to Google's public DNS while resolving the dns requests from mobile and other pc's on lan on our ip range of 192.168.0.0/16 and localhost.
4. Configure firewall rule to allow traffic on tcp and udp port 53 so other devices on lan can access our site.
5. One small issue I faced is when I am offline (disconnected wifi/ethernet) the bind dns fails to resolve. What I did is setup a loopback adapter and everything is fine again. To add loopback adapter in win7 use “hdwwiz.exe”.



I have put my bind and wamp config files on git hub. I know it is not a secure way to do things so If anyone can point out what can be improved ( without breaking anything) will be great.
Thanks you

Here is the git link (https://github.com/thinkinggorilla/wamp-and-bind)

(Please forgive me for my poor English. I am a assamese boy from barpeta a tiny village in assam, india)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/23/2014 11:03PM by dhrubajyoti das.

1.
Its not necessary to disable windows dnscache just because you have instaled a dns-server, it just means you dont need to bother putting the domain names into the HOSTS file, as they are in your dns-server.

The windows DNSCACHE will speed up the second attempt to access a domain name as its ip address will already be cached. I suggest you re-activate that.

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Thank you for your suggestion. I re-enabled dnscache.

I was trying to store my website folders in my local Google Drive folder. It works fine in Dropbox folders, but there seems to be a problem when running it in the Google Drive folder.
If I target the parent Google Drive folder I get Error 403 - no access when I visit it. Appache error log gives: [Mon Sep 01 12:33:24.224295 2014] [core:error] [pid 8792:tid 856] (OS 5)Access is denied. : [client ::1:54300] AH00127: Cannot map GET / HTTP/1.1 to file

However if I use a sub folder with it (Google Drive/test/) Apache will a fail to start. httpd -t shows no errors in the httpd-vhosts.conf file.

The results are the same with or without google drive sync actively running.

Is this an issue that can not be fixed because of how Google Drive Sync works, or do you have a work around?

Have you created a Virtual Host for each of your web sites? If not try that.

If you have then show your httpd-vhost.conf file and I will check it over.

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<MariaDB versions MULTIPLE> <phpMyAdmin versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Workbench 8.0.23>
Read The Manuals Apache -- MySQL -- PHP -- phpMyAdmin
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I have syntax Ok and everything working

but i still couldn't start working as i am getting

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache/2.4.9 (Win32) PHP/5.5.12 Server at rfr Port 80

i have virtual hosts created and successfully showing in menu too but still its not working.

Update:

the above problem is not a problem any more.. Its working

but now one new problem
i added a new project in the same way but it is showing same name for both projects.

How can I correct it.

www.retina.net.np



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2014 11:48AM by RetinaInc.

How can I possibly tell what the problem is with so little information.

Show at least, your Virtual host definition.

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<MariaDB versions MULTIPLE> <phpMyAdmin versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Workbench 8.0.23>
Read The Manuals Apache -- MySQL -- PHP -- phpMyAdmin
Get your Apache/MySQL/mariaDB/PHP ADDONs here from the WAMPServer alternate Repo
-X-X-X- Backup your databases regularly Here is How dont regret it later! Yes even when developing -X-X-X-

I followed all steps. Syntax Ok. I am just starting. So I have just one project. I copied that project to c, Wamp/www and in virtual host folder too. It doesn't open. When I type project1 it does show wamp home page but under my projects if i click on project1 it doesn't open. same thing for wampmanager.virtual host tab. PLEASE GUIDE.

Hi,

> I copied that project to c, Wamp/www and in virtual host folder too.

A "project" must not be copied in c:\wamp\www\ but in c:\wamp\www\my_project\
c:\wamp\www\ is exclusively for "localhost", ie to the home page of Wampserver.

What do you mean by: "and in virtual host folder too"?

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