[PC-BSD] network alias

[kr651129]

For the life of me I can't remember where to put this. I have a jail on my PC-BSD system and from the base system I want to set up an internal alias for it so I can just type "tomcat7" in my browser instead of the IP and port, where would I put this?

 

[fonz]

If you're not running a NAT/firewall, how about /etc/hosts?

 

[kr651129]

What service do I need to restart after changing the hosts file?

 

[fonz]

What service do I need to restart after changing the hosts file?

That would be none

 

[kr651129]

Thanks! I only ask because I made changes to /etc/hosts and it seems to have not taken effect on it's user error :OOO

edit:
Here's my /etc/hosts entry:

192.168.1.201:8080      tomcat    tomcat

 

[kr651129]

Solved, I thought I could put the port in there.... I can't.

192.168.1.201 tomcat tomcat

Then tomcat:8080/ from the browser works fine. Thanks again for the help @fonz!

 

[fonz]

1. I'm not entirely 100% absolutely positively sure, but I don't think you can put port numbers in /etc/hosts. If you want all inbound traffic for the jail to be redirected to a certain port number, you may have to set up a small NAT (e.g. using PF) on the host.
2. If your network has a domain name, add it to the middle entry: something like

   192.168.1.201 tomcat.foobar.org tomcat

   should do it.