How to access a local virtualhost from another device?

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I’m needing to test a local application that runs on Apache2 on my mobile and other devices here.

I usually configure my Apache2 on Linux as follows:

In the /etc/hosts, I place the desired domain:

  127.0.0.1 dev.local

And on Virtualhost, I set the same:

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName dev.local
     DocumentRoot  /var/www/dev.local/public
</VirtualHost>

These are the settings I use, but I wanted to know if there was any way to expose this Virtualhost dev.local for other machines to access the same.

I even have a solution that I managed, which is to give a bind in 0.0.0.0 with a port and use my local ip to access via device, but it takes too long to load the page.

Does anyone have any idea how to do that?

networks dns ip apache2

  • At home I have a Mikrokit and basically I have the same environment as you, I added a static DNS, which directs to the ip of my apache server. your Gate is a linux or a Mikrotik ? or a more rugged router ?

  • @Bulfaitelo I’m using a wi-fi? It would be possible to do via wi-fi?

  • In my case any way I can access the server. yes by wifi, but for that I need to understand your environment,

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I know and tested the tool ngrok. With it you expose your door to access an internet address. I’ve never used it professionally, just for home testing, but I believe you can test your development server. It provides two addresses at http and one at https.

Edit

I found this reply in the English OS indicating two more services that do the same:

http://localtunnel.me/

http://localhost.run/

  • Interresante, I’ll take a look.

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