How can I specify IP and ports for a hostname in the Windows hosts file?

Question

I want to specify host names with two different ports in the Windows hosts file.

Is there a way to do it? Or is it not allowed by Windows itself?

I have been wasting my time searching for the solution for the last 8 hours.

Is it possible to specify ports in the host file, hosts? E.g.: 127.0.0.1:80 and 127.0.0.1:9211

Answer 1

You cannot associate a port number with a hostname mapped to an IP in the hosts file. You can achieve this with Fiddler though using FiddlerScript:

if (oSession.HostNameIs("somesite.com")){
    oSession.bypassGateway = true;
    oSession["x-overrideHost"] = "1.2.3.4:8080";
}