Establish Local Resolution

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Establish Local Resolution

In this hands-on lab, you are tasked with establishing local resolution for a domain name, to permit localized application testing.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Oct 12, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Verify the contents and order of /etc/nsswitch.conf.

You'll want to verify that files comes before hosts, in the hosts section of /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Challenge

Modify /etc/hosts to include www.example.com.

You will need to modify /etc/hosts to resolve www.example.com to your local IP. Use your local IP: 10.0.1.10.
Challenge

Verify that you can now connect to the locally running webserver at www.example.com.

You should get the same output if you curl either localhost or www.example.com.

curl localhost

curl www.example.com

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