sub domains on local server?

[ziycon]

Is it possible to setup sub-domains on localhost for development purposes?

Will it work to just ad the below to the apache conf file??
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@localhost
DocumentRoot “path_to_your\htdocs\folder_you_wish_to_use”
ServerName w3central.localhost
</VirtualHost>

 

[mneylon]

And what about dns?

 

[ziycon]

Don't have any dns software on local system, is there any good free ones(windows based)?

 

[mneylon]

Don't have any dns software on local system, is there any good free ones(windows based)?

You don't need anything - just edit your hosts file

 

[ziycon]

I was trying this but it wasn't working for me, do i just do it like below?

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1/test test.localhost

 

[mneylon]

I was trying this but it wasn't working for me, do i just do it like below?

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1/test test.localhost

Why are you putting in a forward slash?

 

[ziycon]

How else is test.localhost going to know the location of the site? The site isn't in the root webserver folder is it a directory called test in the root webserver dirtectory.

 

[mneylon]

How else is test.localhost going to know the location of the site? The site isn't in the root webserver folder is it a directory called test in the root webserver dirtectory.

I was hoping that you'd pick up on my reply, but obviously you didn't ...

You're doing virtual hosting in apache - please go read the docs

 

[ziycon]

I was hoping that you'd pick up on my reply, but obviously you didn't ...

You're doing virtual hosting in apache - please go read the docs

Sorry about that, was early in the morning, i get what you where on about now with the forward slash, i have apache configured and the hosts file updated and the sub-domains now work, only thing is I'm getting a forbidden error on the root directory now?

 

[mneylon]

check the error logs .. check permissions