How to access localhost/drupal from the internet?

Question

I have created a simple website whose url is localhost/drupal. But I couldn't access it from the internet. (i,e from another laptop connected to my home router). I have all settings in the httpd.conf file under Apache set correctly as instructed. i,e "Require all granted" is set. I use Apache 2.4.9 and Latest wamp. I.I use drupal 7.14.

I try to access the url by "internalIPaddress/drupal" i,e 192.168.2.10/drupal. also tried typing just 192.168.2.17 from the other laptop on my home network.nothing seems to workout.!! Pls assist.!!

How to access the site from outside the network.

you must edit with more info about how you connect to internet — Adrian Cid Almaguer, Mar 02 '15 at 01:16
possible duplicate of [How to enable local network users access my WAMP sites hosted on a windows8 laptop connected to a router](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24005828/how-to-enable-local-network-users-access-my-wamp-sites-hosted-on-a-windows8-lapt) — kenorb, Mar 02 '15 at 10:28

Muhammad Reda · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-10T12:25:22.153

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Download and install ngrok. It's free.

Then, from your terminal (assuming your drupal site runs on port http://localhost:8888/).

$ ngrok 8888

ngrok will assign you a subdomain for you. Open the url, and you are good to go.

You can also sign up for free to be able to choose a name for your subdomain.

$ ngrok -subdomain=mysubdomain 8888 # ngrok will assign you http://mysubdomain.ngrok.com/

Update

As of ngrok 2, you need to type http PORT_NUMBER

$ ngrok http 8888

OR

$ ngrok http -subdomain=mysubdomain 8888

edited Jun 10 '15 at 12:25

answered Mar 02 '15 at 09:02

Muhammad Reda

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If you're serving multiple sites from the same computer you might need to put a new entry in your vhosts.conf or similar file pointing your ngrok domain to the correct system path, like: ServerName randstring.ngrok.io DocumentRoot "/path/to/site/drupal" ... – froboy Feb 15 '16 at 16:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '15 at 01:15

first you have to know your ip you can do that you can follow this steps:

Open Network Connections by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type adapter, and then, under Network and Sharing Center, click View network connections. Select an active network connection, and then, in the toolbar, click View status of this connection. (You might need to click the chevron Picture of the chevron icon to find this command.)

Click Details.

Your computer's IP address appears in the Value column, next to IPv4 Address.

Yo can read more in:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-computers-ip-address#1TC=windows-7

Then you can enter to Drupal from another pc in your network with:

http://your_ip_adress/drupal

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

Open WAMP menu (the icon) and choose Put Online, this will accept external connections around your local network. If you've public address, this will allow to publish your website for the internet, however 192.168.*.* is subset of private addresses. But it's enough for access from the other laptop on my home network.

See: How to enable local network users to access my WAMP sites? for more details.

How to access localhost/drupal from the internet?

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