Questions tagged [localhost]

`localhost` usually refers to the special addresses `127.0.0.1` and `::1` that map to a loopback device, which allows a computer to connect to itself.

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Accessing MacBook local network from iPhone

I have a development environment with grunt and BrowserSync which gives me the URL 192.168.1.140:3000 to access the webpage from other devices in the same network. The URL works on the MacBook, but ...
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Chrome performing Google search instead of loading page from local server when adding query string

Oh man this is driving me crazy. I'm trying to test some code that reads my url, but when I add a query string, Chrome is performing a google search instead of loading the page from my local server ...
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Logon failed to localhost using a domain name via remote desktop

I want to connect to localhost via remote desktop, the OS is Windows server 2008 r2. I can connect successfully using 127.0.0.1,::1,localhost and the IP address in the network. But when I tried to ...
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DNS issue accessing localhost IP address in Chrome

In Internet Explorer and Firefox I can access the web server on my computer by either localhost or its IP address [::1] but in Chrome the IP address isn't working and gives me this error: The ...
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Open a Specific page of PDF document in viewer

I would like to be able to open a specific page of a PDF document through any desktop search or terminal. Example of url file://localhost/Users/masi/Dropbox/Cardiology/2493.full.pdf#page=11 which ...
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Connect to remote Linux server localhost through browser on Windows desktop

I have an application called SpagoBI that is running on a remote server. On the server it can be accessed through http://serverip:8080/SpagoBI. I want to be able to access that url on my windows ...
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Re-establish route to localhost on Windows Vista

route -f How do you re-establish a route to localhost after this? I can re-establish connections to the Internet via wireless using route add {wirelessgateway} {wirelessip} if {wirelessif} route add ...
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Not Able to Open Login Page TP LINK TL MR 3220

I forgot the ip address of my router. I reset the router. then i'm not able to open the login page. In my device Default Ip is 192.168.0.1 Username is admin and Password also admin. Ho do i open my ...
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How can I offer internet for some users and only an intranet for others using a Router wifi?

My Problem I have to offer, to visitors, a small intranet (which I have on a localserver) through a router that offers too internet for staff. The visitors should have only access to the intranet ...
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Test whether PHP is correctly installed on my Mac

I use Homebrew to installed the php 5.6, I followed the guide from Homebrew to enable Apache and PHP (such as uncommenting the httpd.conf file), then I can successfully access to http://localhost/ and ...
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Accessing JSON Server Hosted on a Virtual Machine

I have set up a Linux Virtual Machine on my Mac (Kubuntu 14.04). On it I am running a JSON server using a Python script that is hosting it at localhost:8080. Is there a way I can access this from the ...
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Wrong IP address present when connecting from localhost to localhost

I have a Linux server with Ubuntu installed on it. When I connecting to some service (MySQL, apache, icecast for example) from the same machine at address 127.0.0.1, they all show that I connected ...
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Go to Ubuntu localhost from Windows XP in VirtualBox

I using Ubuntu 14.04, but I want to test my website in Internet Explorer, I install VirtualBox, create image for Windows XP. I have a connection to Internet, but I cant go to http://localhost/. I try ...
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Mac OS X 10.7 can't ping/telnet localhost

I'm developing using django/postgresql on Mac OS X 10.7 and suddenly I am unable to access the test server through http://localhost:8000/. I can make it listen on 0.0.0.0:8000 and then it works... ...
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Unable to navigate to localhost (or 127.0.0.1) [closed]

This question should have been answered here, but I had to ask again because the resolution was inconclusive. I am trying to configure my Tomcat's server.xml to work on TCP 8080 port. But it's always ...
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How to force application using localhost:9000 to shut down

So I'm not the smartes fellow when it comes to ports and networks and things like that, maybe why I now is in this situation. So I'm trying to connect to localhost:9000 with a AngularJS project I ...
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How do I host the PostgreSQL server locally? It won't let me run as SuperUser, and it won't let me log out of SuperUser

I've spent all day working on a Database project to try and teach myself how to use SQL and PHP. When I finally went to go and try to host it, the command prompt kept closing really quickly. I took a ...
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List all open sockets in /dev/tcp/localhost/

Is it possible to list all open sockets in /dev/tcp/localhost/ on a Linux machine? I want to list all sockets where the following command would return 0: timeout 2 bash -c "cat < /dev/null > /...
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How to connect / tunneling to another computer to use it's localhost?

I'am not quite sure how to describe what I really asking for, so i will try: I have two computer A and B. Computer A is my primary computer I'am working on. I'am web developer, and as you may know, ...
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dnsmasq not working without internet connection in OS X Yosemite

No0b here. I have been trying to setup a local environment for web development on OS X Yosemite using these approaches (http://passingcuriosity.com/2013/dnsmasq-dev-osx/ and http://mallinson.ca/osx-...
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Does connecting to one's computer via local router automatically uses the loopback?

I have a TCP application that doesn't show up on Wireshark. I read it was because Wireshark is not able to sniff Loopback communication on Windows. So, instead of connecting to 127.0.0.1, I connected ...
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Can't run localhost PHP server on OSX Mavericks

So i've done this before but I don't remember the command. I was able to use a directory a localhost file. I've tried sudo apachectl start but when I go to localhost the page isn't found. I've also ...
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GAE loading slow in localhost

I am using Google App Engine with Python to learn HTML/Python/Web-development, and since the GAE 1.8.8 update loading an app in localhost is extremely slow, taking up to 60 seconds. Static files still ...
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http://localhost/ now working in browser mac

in snow leapord machine http://localhost/ isn't working through browser. But when I ping http://localhost/ I do get successful replies PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0....
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Deny access to a port from localhost on OSX

I want to test a fallback strategy for my memcached driver (in case port is protected by firewall). How can I deny access to a specific port, on 127.0.0.1?
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How to access webpage running on remote server?

I have an instance of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS running on Google compute engine. I installed Cloudera manager on the instance and it is running administration web pages on localhost:7180. I am using port ...
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How to install phpBB styles on localhost?

I have been trying to test phpBB in xampp within windows 7 for development purposes. After a successful install of phpBB, I tried to add styles(themes) to my phpBB install directory. I downloaded and ...
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Static html pages run from file system instead of built-in web-server

I'm running Intellij 13 Ultimate. I'm trying to open a web page I'm working on, and it's opened from the file system: file:///Users/<username>/dev/index.html Instead of something like: http://...
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How to force Apache to release filelocks?

To be honest I already posted on StackOverflow, and on searching for a resolution as no feedback there as yet, this site appeared, and it appears a separate login, so forgive me if I am duplicating ...
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How to connect android client to the localhost of Apache server (php) inside my laptop?

I'm trying to create android apps which are able to send data through wifi connection to my laptop Apache Server and MySQL database. I use the samsung galaxy tab 10.1 as my mobile device. and the ...
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How can I make localhost resolve to 127.0.0.1 instead of ::1?

When I ping localhost the address resolves to the ipv6 loopback of ::1 My MySQL and Apache installations expects the ipv4 address of 127.0.0.1 How can I configure my WindowsXP to resolve localhost ...
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How do i establish a filezilla connection to my windows localhost?

I have downloaded Filezilla Server and FileZilla interface itself. I am having problems when trying to connect. Can you please guide me on how to precisely connect to the FileZilla server on my ...
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How to configure linux to display webpage at localhost 127.0.0.1 that allows javascript-issued terminal commands?

Sorry if I am confusing things (don't know much about this topic). Basically, I want to access my raspberry pi wirelessly from my phone as long as I am within a few meters of it, and in this situation ...
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Why is my apache server address ::1 and not 127.0.0.1

I am using bitnami wamp on windows 7 running apache 2.4 and I am having a problem. The server address of the apache server shows ::1 instead of the expected 127.0.0 1 Is apache using ipv6 by default ...
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How to stop mac from auto port forwarding requests from localhost?

I have an application that is running and listening for local requests on port 4001. Whenever I start a second application to place requests through port 4001 my mac appears to be automatically ...
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Turn off a computer on the network

I have tried to follow the instructions on this site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV_BHcbeKEs It works if i activate the administrator account on the pc i will turn off and do not have a password ...
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Uninstalled Apache, but still see test page

I recently installed Apache HTTP Server from Apache Haus and PHP, and have decided I'd like to experiment with a few other options, so I uninstalled and deleted them. However, when I visit localhost ...
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Localhost aliases in Mac OS X mysteriously stopped working

For whatever reason aliases for my Mac OS X localhost seem to have suddenly stopped working. Presumably follow some update caused this, although I”m not sure what. Here’s my hosts file: ## # Host ...
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Does Apache need firewall access for code server requests?

Would just like quick clarification on something. For a development stack such as LAMP or XAMPP for a local server; does Apache require access over the firewall (e.g. port 80) if, for instance, some ...
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Localhost tcp throughput performance differences

I have been using psping for measuring bandwith statistics on localhost on different computers: laptops, home computers and servers. All of them get to between 100 and 200 MB/s but my PowerPc at work ...
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MAMP "localhost" doesn't work unlike 127.0.0.1

What to do to fix this? my etc/hosts file looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost and using terminal with command: file -b /etc/hosts i got ASCII English text, with CR line terminators but "...
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Excel 2013 MySQL Database Connection - SQL Server does not exist or access denied

I recently set up the most basic possible version of MySQL 5.6 and created a test schema in which a test table was placed. The connection is just named "Local instance MySQL" with host "localhost", ...
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MySQL server: Error 1067 (in services.msc) and Error 10061 (in mysqld console) - what troubleshooting may be attempted?

I'm trying to install MySQL Community edition on a Windows 8.1 machine. To sum up the problem: whith the .msi installer I get MySQL registered as a service, but unable to start (error 1067); with a ...
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localhost declaration on PC?

I was wondering , where does windows declares that localhost is - the machine itself (where is it configured?) ? It is not in the hosts file. I thought it is in the Registry but I couldn't find ...
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WAMP 2.5 hangs my Windows 7 SP1 laptop as soon as it starts

I am using WAMP 2.5 with local folder (localhost/websitename) setting. Every time I open WAMP (when internet is connected) it hangs my laptop for a number of minutes and the only option I have, is to ...
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How can I create Local Loopback on Linux (RedHat or Debian)?

How can I do the same on Linux (RedHat or Debian)? I need to create local loopback as shown herein: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.1/topics/topic-map/ethernet-fast-and-gigabit-loopback-...
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How to change default directory of localhost

My computer is in a local area network and I have installed zpanel (with apache, php and mysql as stack) on windows 7. Suppose my LAN ip is 192.168.15.58. Now if anyone type http://192.168.15.58 in ...
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how to set up connection between virtualbox and other computers

I want other computers (they are in local network) go to Virtualbox Localhost. can you explain me what to do or at least give me article link. in Virtualbox i have installed fedora19 and computers ...
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windows 8.1 hosts file # redirect this is just a bad ideas

I've been editing my host file for a while never had this kind of problem. A few days ago I'm not sure either windows or a malware override my host file For example if I did this 127.0.0.1 yk-sms....
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Using Java to run Applet on localhost is blocked

I am using a local web server on my computer to test a jar file that I am going to use the Java Network Launch Protocol (JNLP) to use that is going to be included in my website, but I am having a ...

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