Setting up a localhost target for browser previews

fatherofinvention · February 27, 2019, 7:02am

Hi all !

I am receiving this error when I click the Open in browser icon. I searched the forum and docs but have not found advice on how to resolve this. Can someone let me know what I am missing please?

So I went into project settings to define a localhost target as I have MAMP running with a document root of C:\MAMP\htdocs and my project is located within it: C:\MAMP\htdocs\paper-trader

But when I test the connection I receive this error:

I can confirm the server is running and serving up pages from the document root:

ben · February 27, 2019, 2:40am

The URL should read

http://localhost/paper-trader

fatherofinvention · September 3, 2019, 5:19pm

Thank you Ben! I also had to include the port the server is running on to get it to work.

(excuse the path change between screenshots, I am working on my mac now).

The connection to the server is successful now. The last thing I had to do was change the Target at the bottom to the Localhost server I setup:

George · September 3, 2019, 5:20pm

5 posts were split to a new topic: Setting up targets in local IIS and permissions

yannicko · February 6, 2020, 5:40am

Hi Ben,

Need your help please. i am facing similar issue but my server is IIS8. while server is running and a test page is working and directory permissions are Full Access.

Teodor · February 6, 2020, 6:05am

Most probably the entered web URL is wrong.
Are you sure it should not be:

http://localhost/kashif ?

yannicko · February 6, 2020, 6:08am

Hi Teodor,

Actually i did try with both, with and without /kashif.
Please see below.

Teodor · February 6, 2020, 6:37am

The error says your URL is wrong, so that’s the cause of the problem.
How do you access the site from within your browser?

yannicko · February 6, 2020, 6:41am

using the URL http://localhost

Teodor · February 6, 2020, 6:54am

But is this URL pointing to the wwwroot folder or to the subfolder you specified in the local folder input?

yannicko · February 6, 2020, 7:01am

Sub folder as i created a new website in IIS. Please see below

yannicko · February 6, 2020, 7:18am

Hi Teodor,

I figured out that while installing IIS, my ASP.net was not configured properly somehow. i did install again IIS with ASP.net and connection test is successful now. Thanks a lot for your support. looking froward for continued help in future as always from Wappler team.

Teodor · February 6, 2020, 7:59am