What is Virtual Hosts?
Virtual Hosts is a ip extension for chrome. it's a free extension , it has 10,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 3.38 from 99 rated user, last update is 3099 days ago.
What’s new in version 1.2?
== ABOUT ==
Overwrite the Host HTTP header to request a specific virtual host from a remote server.
Often enough while waiting for DNS propagation or standing up a replacement site, developers edit the hosts file on their system to achieve the same effect. This extension basically does the same thing without the hassle.
When detecting outgoing HTTP requests from your Chrome browser to the VHost Domain we redirect to the VHost IP. When detecting outgoing HTTP requests from your Chrome browser to the VHost IP, the extension simply adds a Host header containing the domain name specified in the VHost Domain. Any requests to sites other than the VHost Domain and VHost IP are ignored, so browsing other sites won't be impacted.
== HOW TO USE ==
- Enable -
Click the VHost icon in the top right and enter the desired domain name.
When a domain is present and [x] Enabled is checked, the VHost icon turns red. That means all websites will be requested with the entered domain.
- Disable -
Untick the [ ] Enabled checkbox. The icon will turn green-ish which means VHost is disabled and all websites will be requested with the regular host name.
== Source ==
I released the source code on GitHub: https://github.com/Gachl/Virtual-Hosts-Chrome-Extension
I was unable to improve this extension with more features and I saw it being used by quite a lot of people. So thank you for that! If you need any features you can find the code or a fork of someone who already implemented more stuff over on GitHub.
== THANK YOU ==
For using this extension. If you have the time to spare, please consider rating it in the Web Store.
Many thanks to mcarver (https://github.com/mcarver) for:
- Cleaning my very basic JS
- Adding request filtering
- Adding redirect
- Adding Chrome storage sync
- Making this thing better in many ways
For the next version I hope to merge Zacqarys changes (https://github.com/Zacqary/Virtual-Hosts-Chrome-Extension) to this version.
How to install Virtual Hosts?
You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.
Preview of Virtual Hosts
Technical Features:
- Latest Version: 1.2
- Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
- License: Free
- Latest update: Thursday, October 29th, 2015
- Author: Gachl
Virtual Hosts Available languages:
English.
FAQ
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What about others talk about virtual hosts chrome extension?
59% user give 5-star rating, 7% user give 4-star rating, 5% user give 3-star rating, 11% user give 2-star rating, 18% user give 1-star rating. Read reviews of virtual hosts
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How could i get help if there is something wrong with virtual hosts chrome extension?
You could find more help information from virtual hosts support page.
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How could i contact the developer of virtual hosts chrome extension?
You could send emails to publisher, or check publisher's website.
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What are the required permissions for extensions?
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- <all_urls>
- storage
More about manifest_file of virtual hosts.
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How could i report abuse of virtual hosts chrome extension?
You could click to report abuse of virtual hosts.
Reviews of virtual hosts:
Currently broken, going to any page displays "Hmmm… can't reach this page" with ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT as the reason.
What's not mentioned in the documentation is that this extension also works to redirect one domain to another. You can put the target domain in the VHOST IP field. So this is a nice utility to redirect example.com to dev.example.com. Perfect for my use case.
This actually works to sign into wordpress. I had tried a few other options first but this one works for me.