How to make subdomain on my localhost?

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is it possible to create subdomains on my localhost? like sub.localhost and would like to know how subdomains work.

Check out the [HostAdmin](https://www.google.com/search?q=HostAdmin) extension. — Amal Murali, Sep 13 '13 at 19:34

score 43 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '13 at 19:44

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Create a virtual host as such:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName sub.localhost
    DocumentRoot "C:/public_html/sub"
</VirtualHost>

And in your hosts file add this line:

127.0.0.0       sub.localhost

Here is a useful tutorial you might find helpful.

answered Sep 13 '13 at 19:44

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*.localhost should resolve out of the box, without adding anything to /etc/hosts :) Although in Debian I have this exact problem – holms Sep 03 '18 at 15:05

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You can make your browser to point to any domain/subdomain that you want as long as you put the ip - hostname definition in your c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file, for example:

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.1 sub.localhost

or on the same line separate by space:

127.0.0.1 sub.localhost subsub.localhost local.host

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 13 '13 at 19:39

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Athens Holloway · Answer 3 · 2016-02-02T14:59:13.987

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Add the following to your local hosts file. On windows, it's located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

127.0.0.1       sub.localhost

Replace 127.0.0.1 with whatever IP address you want.

edited Feb 02 '16 at 14:59

answered Sep 13 '13 at 19:39

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