Sysadmin What's the recommended way to test Centminmod locally?

For me Virtualbox + local hosts file edits

• CentOS 7.x - CentOS 7.0 Install on VirtualBOX Guest Server
• CentOS 7.x - CentOS 7.4 Minimal ISO Install VirtualBox 5.1

On the local Virtualbox guest server it's as easy as centmin.sh menu option 2, 22 or nv command creation of Nginx vhost and then editing /etc/hosts

i.e. with nv command

Code (Text):

vhostname=yourdomain.com
nv -d $vhostname -s y -u "$(pwgen -1cnys 31)"
echo "$(curl -4s ipinfo.io/ip) $vhostname" >> /etc/hosts

That will create nginx vhost with self-signed ssl + setup /etc/hosts with public local IP mapped to the vhostname domain name

On your local computing running Virtualbox, edit it's local hosts file. If you want to preview newdomain.com on new centminmod server without updating DNS, on Windows PC edit your windows HOSTS file at c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts (see guide at Modify your hosts file | Knowledge Center | Rackspace Hosting or install Hostman app HostsMan - abelhadigital.com which can manage the file too and allows easy dns flushing when you make changes to the hosts file.

c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts contents to preview without DNS update

Code:

centminmodserver-ip-address newdomain.com

to disable preview comment it out and flush dns for your system

Code:

#centminmodserver-ip-address newdomain.com

Hostsman app to flush dns and edit the c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file