What's the whole point of "localhost", hosts and ports at all?
4 Localhost generally refers to the machine you're looking at. On most machines localhost resolves to the IP address 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback address.
php - How do I run a file on localhost? - Stack Overflow
2 Localhost is the computer you're using right now. You run things by typing commands at the command prompt and pressing Enter. If you're asking how to run things from your …
What is the difference between 127.0.0.1 and localhost
12 MFómh 2011 · What, if any, are the actual differences between using 127.0.0.1 and localhost as the server name, especially when hitting processes running locally that are listening for …
What is the difference between 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.1 and localhost?
26 Noll 2013 · You can use it just like any other hostname - try ping localhost to see how it resolves to 127.0.0.1. 0.0.0.0 has a couple of different meanings, but in this context, when a …
localhost - Not able to access local server running after VPN ...
19 Lún 2015 · To access localhost in this case what you have to do is Ensure that VPN is off Set up port forwarding and then find out your external ip address. Test it by using the external ip …
Connecting to localhost:8080 using Google Chrome
11 Meith 2015 · I'm currently developing a card game using node.js and gulp, and suddendly Chrome stopped to find localhost:8080. After some research, some people had the same …
Apache VirtualHost and localhost - Stack Overflow
11 Meith 2012 · Actually, I didn't use ServerName localhost, just copied (from httpd.conf) DocumentRoot and <Directory parts and it worked fine - same as previously with all hosts …
Understanding the difference between localhost:8080 and 127.0.0.1
26 Samh 2019 · localhost is generally the address 127.0.0.1 but the :8080 part means to connect to port 8080 instead of the default port 80.
How do I connect to this localhost from another computer on the …
13 Márta 2012 · I'm currently working on a project and I would like to test it out on two laptops at home where one laptop connects to the localhost on the other. I am using XAMPP. How do I do …
What does localhost:8080 mean? [closed] - Stack Overflow
localhost ( hostname ) is the machine name or IP address of the host server e.g Glassfish, Tomcat. 8080 ( port ) is the address of the port on which the host server is listening for requests.