Add an entry to Hosts file
Common Scenario Its pretty common to host a site in development or test environment and give access to business users to access it for their approval. Steps to accomplish this on Windows OS: 1) Open notepad in Administrator mode. The image below shows how to open notepad in administrator mode 2) Now open the following file from notepad " C:\ Windows \System32\drivers\etc\ hosts " 3) In the file which is open, enter the IP address of the server from which you will be accessing the site and <<Give a space>> then enter the site url. Note: you will not put http or https before the URL 4) Save the file and you should be able to access your site.