Windoews 8 XAMPP setup ...\etc\hosts config ok but www.example.com doesn't redirect

[shopserver]

Thanks for your help. I'm trying to get http://www.example.com/ working in the browser so http://www.example.com/xampp works (ref page 18 of the Zen Cart book by Goh Koon Hoek) in order to configure the Mercury mail server etc. My files are now set as follows:

hosts
------
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
#
127.0.0.1 www.example.com # for browser access
127.0.0.1 mail.example.com # for mail access
127.0.0.1 example.com # for mercury mail server

The C:\xampp5680-portable\apache\conf\httpd.conf and C:\xampp5680-portable\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf are now configured as recommended by torvista above, but still the error message displayed is "This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents".

My apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but I would like to get http://www.example.com/ working.

Thanks

John

[Design75]

Thanks for your help. I'm trying to get http://www.example.com/ working in the browser so http://www.example.com/xampp works (ref page 18 of the Zen Cart book by Goh Koon Hoek) in order to configure the Mercury mail server etc. My files are now set as follows:

hosts
------
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
#
127.0.0.1 www.example.com # for browser access
127.0.0.1 mail.example.com # for mail access
127.0.0.1 example.com # for mercury mail server

The C:\xampp5680-portable\apache\conf\httpd.conf and C:\xampp5680-portable\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf are now configured as recommended by torvista above, but still the error message displayed is "This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents".

My apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but I would like to get http://www.example.com/ working.

Thanks

John

Like the error message tells you, you have to use something else, because example.com is used for examples. Choose any you like, but not example.com.

[lhungil]

... My apologies if I'm missing something obvious ...

... I would recommend NOT mapping real domain names to the loopback IP. Better to avoid any confusion by using a completely fake domain name (also makes DNS resolution on the local computer simpler). ...

Note the part in red.

I understand you want to be able to exactly follow the tutorial you are referencing, but mapping a real domain (such as example.com) to 127.0.0.1 (loopback IP) should be avoided. Just use "example.local" instead of "example.com" and save yourself some headaches (.local is reserved for local use and will not be resolved by the root DNS servers).

Otherwise you will need to familiarize yourself with Windows DNS resolution, the Windows DHCP client (one may need to manually override the resolution order depending upon what the DHCP server sent), how to flush the Windows DNS cache, and potentially some other topics as well.



NOTE 1: Many examples / guides will use "example.com". They usually intend for you to replace "example.com" with a different domain name.


NOTE 2: Usually the order on Windows is "cache", "hosts file", "DNS", etc. However many different items can impact the resolution order including not only the local computer settings but also settings pushed: via group policy, by the DHCP server, by malware protection software, and the list goes on.

[kobra]

My apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but I would like to get http://www.example.com/ working.

As I and others have stated example.com is only used for "example" and not intended to be functional
lhungil has outlined best what would be required to make xamp a fully functional host base capable of using FQDN(fully qualified domain name).
xamp is not intended to be used in this way and is only for testing locally