Local domain and sub domain mapping (web development)

Question

Under Linux what are the options for implementing a domain and subdomain mapping for a Google App Engine web application during development mode.

• Is there like a on-the-fly domain mapping where I don't have to deal with modifying Linux network properties manually?

I have a GAE where the I need to make this subdomain mapping based on some hash or username like:

http://username.myapp.com (Local)

Where it is also accessible through http://myapp.com/username

Right now I can access such resource through: http://127.0.0.1:8888/somename

However, right now I really need to test it with such mapping.

Answer 1

You should be able to test it locally by defining the subdomains in your hosts file, /etc/hosts (unix/linux) or c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts . So, for example, you could define there

127.0.0.1 myapp.com subdomain1.myapp.com subdomain2.myapp.com

And then going on your browser to either of these domain names will go to 127.0.0.1.