iphone app private test network

Question

I am developing an iPhone app that relies on a custom web service I created using Ruby on Rails. I want to setup a test server on my Mac without having to change the URLs that my app is pointing to - served by the RoR service. This way I can test new features or fixed bugs more easily using the test RoR server.

I have enabled internet sharing on my Mac so I can connect with my iphone to a private wifi network. I installed dnsmasq and edited my /etc/hosts file to resolve my web service URLs to the local gateway ip. However when I use my iphone app the URLs are resolved to the production server instead of my test server (my Mac).

How do I setup dnsmasq to point to the local ip.

Thanks!

Answer 1

您是否已将iPhone上的DNS服务器地址设置为Mac的IP地址？

Answer 2

After playing with it some more I was able to get it to work. I needed to edit /opt/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf and change the 'address' tag. I also had to change my Mac ethernet settings, under advance->dns I had to add 127.0.0.1 as the first dns server. This will automatically change resolv.conf which is not meant to be edited manually on a Mac.

Answer 3

After reading up a bit on the Dnsmasq solution, I found a nice step-by-step guide for Mac: http://davesouth.org/stories/how-to-set-up-dnsmasq-on-snow-leopard-for-local-wildcard-domains

(although personally I use Fiddler in a Windows VM for all of this sort of thing - ask if you'd like some details on that..)