How to assign hostname to the web server?

I am using lighttpd as my webserver.

Currently I am accessing it using the IP address as :

http://192.168.0.1

I want to access it as

http://myhostname.com

I would be using it in the local net开发者_开发技巧work only, and not the internet.

I don't know how to do this. I googled, but don't know the exact keywords to use.

Put the following line to the file /etc/hosts:

192.168.0.1              myhostname.com

For instance, using the following command:

$ sudo echo -e '192.168.0.1\tmyhostname.com' >> /etc/hosts

you can add a rule in your hosts file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

add a rule like

192.168.0.1     myhostname.com

In windows you can't do this with wildcards so for all subdomains you need to add a rule

Find your hosts file on your local machine, and then add the following line to it:

192.168.0.1       www.somedomain.com