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How to use Apache Virtual Hosts over a local network with MAMP
I was asked recently whether it was possible to use the Virtual hosting in Apache I describe for Magento on MAMP over a network rather than just locally. To make a sensible response I wanted to give a quick background to the HTTP requests going on and how Apache uses those requests to decide what HTTP response to send back. It turned into a bit of a long reply comment so here it is as a post instead.
I use a network Apache virtual hosts setup all the time (though the network isn’t a local network it’s the internet, but same principle).
How to set up Apache Virtual hosting on MAMP for Magento
When developing and testing a production Magento store locally it’s easy and convenient to set up an exact replica of the production environment. This can be achieved using Apache virtual hosting and your operating system hosts file.
This post will walk you through setting up a local testing Magento install for MAMP Leopard to include a virtual hosting configuration and how to configure your operating system to send requests for your production site to your local testing environment.
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