Mappings of IP addresses to host names (Change localhost to some other name)

Operationg System: 

• Windows XP

Steps

• 1. Navigate to

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

Or

start->All Programs->Run-> type 'drivers'  (Without quotes)->etc

• 2. Open the file host with a text editor and change

127.0.0.1       localhost

To

127.0.0.1       projectname

• 3. Restart Tomcat and Try http://projectname:8080/

# host file contains the mappings of IP addresses (in our case 127.0.0.1) to
#host names (localhost). 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