如何将Web服务器配置为使用其他名称而不是“ localhost”运行

Question

I have this url in my local web server :

"http://localhost:9698/AppName/Default.aspx"

But i want to configure the name of localhost:9698 , something like MyServer :

"http://MyServer/AppName/Default.aspx"

I had try to work with Binding... in IIS but it doesn't worked. What should i do?

Answer 1

The above is how you can do development work locally (eg your desktop computer) - either using the VS Dev server or via IIS Express.

Assuming you want to simply test on a development machine eg Win 7/8:

• If you have IIS Express , you can edit your hosts file so you can use a name other than localhost .

Warning: do this at your own risk - undo or comment out your changes after you've done debugging/testing. Also, some AV programs explicitly block editing this important file (HOSTS). If that is the case, you'll have to consult with your AV provider....

• You can then do the binding you are referring to with, or without using host headers as necessary

If the above is mysterious to you, or doesn't make sense, you'll need to get into networking concepts - re: "localhost", 127.0.01, ip addressing, etc....and depending on the full context of your question, DNS.

Also if it gets to that point, its probably better to move your question over to Serverfault