hosts file and 'fetch'
last week i encountered a problem where my server could not 'fetch' images. after going back and forth with my web host, they said it was because my server couldn't CURL images and fixed it by modifying the hosts file.
This was the original hosts file:
127.0.0.1 mydomain.com mydomain localhost localhost.localdomainand here's the modifications they made to it:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
70.32.90.182 mydomain.com mydomaincould someone help me understand why this fixed my problem? thanks!
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 17:27 — 26th January 2009.
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It probably has something to do with Apache or whatever is serving your static files. If Apache virtual hosts is configured by IP address, sending your domain to the local loopback address would cause a problem.
blogjunkie posted this at 09:21 — 27th January 2009.
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Thanks pr0gr4mm3r. You're real prolific - answered 2 of my questions already!
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