What's a good way to test that a self-hosted website is accessible outside your network?
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I know about doing the "phone on mobile data" trick, but is there a more professional way to do it all via the same development machine?
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I know about doing the "phone on mobile data" trick, but is there a more professional way to do it all via the same development machine?
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If it's SSL, hit it with the qualsys test. If not, hit it with one of the "is it down" tests. e.g. this one.
– Andy Brown
Nov 19 at 16:25
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have you thought of hosting it on a VM on your local machine, then you can firewall it, set up services etc that are as close to your production environment as possible. You can then expose it's ports to outside, but not inside your own network...
– Dragonthoughts
Nov 19 at 16:25
@AndyBrown Thanks for that, do you know if there's a command-line way to run the test?
– PascLeRasc
Nov 19 at 16:29
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I know about doing the "phone on mobile data" trick, but is there a more professional way to do it all via the same development machine?
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asked Nov 19 at 16:23
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I know about doing the "phone on mobile data" trick, but is there a more professional way to do it all via the same development machine?
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self-hosting web-development-server
asked Nov 19 at 16:23
PascLeRasc
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asked Nov 19 at 16:23
PascLeRasc
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asked Nov 19 at 16:23
PascLeRasc
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asked Nov 19 at 16:23
PascLeRasc
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asked Nov 19 at 16:23
PascLeRasc
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If it's SSL, hit it with the qualsys test. If not, hit it with one of the "is it down" tests. e.g. this one.
– Andy Brown
Nov 19 at 16:25
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have you thought of hosting it on a VM on your local machine, then you can firewall it, set up services etc that are as close to your production environment as possible. You can then expose it's ports to outside, but not inside your own network...
– Dragonthoughts
Nov 19 at 16:25
@AndyBrown Thanks for that, do you know if there's a command-line way to run the test?
– PascLeRasc
Nov 19 at 16:29
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If it's SSL, hit it with the qualsys test. If not, hit it with one of the "is it down" tests. e.g. this one.
– Andy Brown
Nov 19 at 16:25
1
have you thought of hosting it on a VM on your local machine, then you can firewall it, set up services etc that are as close to your production environment as possible. You can then expose it's ports to outside, but not inside your own network...
– Dragonthoughts
Nov 19 at 16:25
@AndyBrown Thanks for that, do you know if there's a command-line way to run the test?
– PascLeRasc
Nov 19 at 16:29
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If it's SSL, hit it with the qualsys test. If not, hit it with one of the "is it down" tests. e.g. this one.
– Andy Brown
Nov 19 at 16:25
If it's SSL, hit it with the qualsys test. If not, hit it with one of the "is it down" tests. e.g. this one.
– Andy Brown
Nov 19 at 16:25
1
1
have you thought of hosting it on a VM on your local machine, then you can firewall it, set up services etc that are as close to your production environment as possible. You can then expose it's ports to outside, but not inside your own network...
– Dragonthoughts
Nov 19 at 16:25
have you thought of hosting it on a VM on your local machine, then you can firewall it, set up services etc that are as close to your production environment as possible. You can then expose it's ports to outside, but not inside your own network...
– Dragonthoughts
Nov 19 at 16:25
@AndyBrown Thanks for that, do you know if there's a command-line way to run the test?
– PascLeRasc
Nov 19 at 16:29
@AndyBrown Thanks for that, do you know if there's a command-line way to run the test?
– PascLeRasc
Nov 19 at 16:29
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If it's SSL, hit it with the qualsys test. If not, hit it with one of the "is it down" tests. e.g. this one.
– Andy Brown
Nov 19 at 16:25
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have you thought of hosting it on a VM on your local machine, then you can firewall it, set up services etc that are as close to your production environment as possible. You can then expose it's ports to outside, but not inside your own network...
– Dragonthoughts
Nov 19 at 16:25
@AndyBrown Thanks for that, do you know if there's a command-line way to run the test?
– PascLeRasc
Nov 19 at 16:29