aliascname-recordhostswindows
Is it possible to enter some sort of CNAME record or alias in the windows hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts)?
Basically I want to forward all requests made to host A to host B, without having to hard code the IP address (which changes frequently).
Second answer :
You must use apache virtualhost capabilities :
<VirtualHost *:80>
# url like http://127.0.0.1/.....
ServerName 127.0.0.1
DocumentRoot /htdocs
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
# url like http://domaina/.....
ServerName domaina
DocumentRoot /htdocs/domaina
</VirtualHost>
Best Answer
The windows hosts file supports only ip->name mappings, it does not support any other standard DNS record types. See here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727005.aspx#EDAA
I would recommend running a simple dns server in order to do the redirect you are talking about. Try powerdns http://www.powerdns.com/