Is there any way to change my MAMP server address from localhost to anything else, or am I stuck with localhost as the name?
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Is there any way to change my MAMP server address from localhost to anything else, or am I stuck with localhost as the name?
localhostis a hostname that resolves to your local computer.If you’re running a webserver on your local computer,
localhostwill resolve to that service.On any other computer,
localhostwill not resolve to your webserver, but to that specific computer.If you want to add another hostname that resolves to your local computer, you can edit the
hostsfile and add an entry for the IP address127.0.0.1.Note that that will also only work on your local computer.