Apache vhost local request

Question

I got 2 sites configured via apache vhost like:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/site1
    ServerName  www.site1.com
...
    
<VirtualHost *:443>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/site2
    ServerName  www.site2.com
...

I would like to know how to make a request to those sites locally from the server that is running apache. I can connect to the server via SSH and then I would like to do for example wget. When I use for example www.site1.com domain as a request then it goes outside to the Internet and then it comes back to the server. I would like to check the site just locally without the request going outside the server. I guess I can use local IP address to get the response from the first site, but I do not know how to access the other one.

apache httpd apache virtualhost

lbor · Answer

You can edit /etc/hosts or you should use curl with option resolve.

Rabin · Answer

If Apache is listing on all interfaces (which it is by default), you can just add the host names to /etc/hosts file and access them via the loop back interface.
#/etc/hosts
...

127.0.0.1 www.site1.com www.site2.com

...

Then try from the server terminal to access is via wget or curl
$ curl -Iv https://www.site1.com

Apache vhost local request

2 Answers

Add your own answers!

Ask a Question