pockethost/packages/www/content/docs/development/full-stack/etc_hosts.md

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Manually set up `/etc/hosts`	development	full-stack	If you can't use dnsmasq or equivalent, you can still configure hosts manually.

If you can't use dnsmasq or equivalent, you can still configure hosts manually. The dev experience will be slightly more limited, but it will still work.

1. Add host entries to /etc./hosts

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Then, add these entries:

127.0.0.1 pockethost.test                      # The main domain
127.0.0.1 pockethost-central.pockethost.test   # The main pocketbase instance
127.0.0.1 test.pockethost.test                 # A sample (user) pocketbase instance

Add as many *.pockethost.test subdomains as you want to test. Since /etc/hosts does not support wild-carding, this must be done manually.