Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox

Question

This isn't really a programming question but more about programming and testing tools.

Is there a way to get Firefox to send the header

Host: mydomain.com

when accessing a page at

http://ip.address.goes.here/

so that Apache can route it to the correct VirtualHost?

Answer 1

Perhaps you could write something using Greasemonkey - such as prompting for the required hostname to send or hard-coding a list - and map it to that IP address?

Why would you be using the IP address if you need the hostname?

Answer 2

Have you tried the Modify Headers Firefox extension?

Answer 3

I guess you could use the TamperData extension to manually add it each time.

Answer 4

Just setup an entry in the hosts file. Always worked for me :)

Answer 5

You can add the host name and ip-address to your hosts file.

Answer 6

If you are creating a site and wish to map the host header to an IP (perhaps your local dev box) for testing purposes, then you should consider editing the hosts file instead.