adding website to local iis. getting Server not found error

Question

I am adding a web application to my local iis. I added the path to the folder with the bin is inside. I specified the application pool and applied my login credentials. When I hit test settings, everything passed. When I typed mysite.local on the browser, I get the following. I also clicked on Browse Website and get the same error. This is on my personal PC.

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.comicrage.local.

Check the address for typing errors such as ww.example.com instead of www.example.com If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Answer 1

Have you added mysite.local to the hosts file? If not, add the following to C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\etc\\hosts.

127.0.0.1 mysite.local

The hosts file is responsible for any local overrides that should take precedence over DNS.