Previewing websites before DNS propogation?
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missionaryman
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Previewing websites before DNS propogation?
Can I preview websites using VestaCP before my DNS has propogated? Is there a syntax like:
mainsite.com/~secondsite
or like the Plesk variant: secondsite.com.xx-xx-xx-xx.mainsite.com
mainsite.com/~secondsite
or like the Plesk variant: secondsite.com.xx-xx-xx-xx.mainsite.com
Re: Previewing websites before DNS propogation?
Hi!
I think the easiest method is to edit your operating systems host file and add the following lines:
"your.server.ip.address <tab> domain.name" like this: "1.1.1.1 example.com"
This way your OS will not query the DNS servers about the domain, instead use the local host file to determine the IP address of the server.
On Windows 7 (not sure if i remember correctly, i'm not using it anymore):
C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
On Macintosh:
/pricate/etc/hosts
There might be a permission issue when saving the edited hosts file, you can find the solution and the whole process in Google.
I think the easiest method is to edit your operating systems host file and add the following lines:
"your.server.ip.address <tab> domain.name" like this: "1.1.1.1 example.com"
This way your OS will not query the DNS servers about the domain, instead use the local host file to determine the IP address of the server.
On Windows 7 (not sure if i remember correctly, i'm not using it anymore):
C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
On Macintosh:
/pricate/etc/hosts
There might be a permission issue when saving the edited hosts file, you can find the solution and the whole process in Google.
Re: Previewing websites before DNS propogation?
You could just add an alias to their domain with the main site in it like: xxxxxx.mainsite.com. That works for me, however, I have a wildcard setup for subdomain as a record set for my main site so I don't have to add the subdomain each time.