How to bind localhost to 127.0.0.1 on Mac? [closed]

Question

I have a running web application on my local machine. To get access to it I can use localhost:8080. But when I try to use http://127.0.0.1:8080 address my browser says: The 127.0.0.1 page isn’t working.

Ping to it does not work as well:

ping 127.0.0.1:8080
ping: cannot resolve 127.0.0.1:8080: Unknown host

How can I fix it?

Answer 1

Open a terminal window and type this line:

sudo open -a TextEdit /etc/hosts

You will be prompt to type in your admin password and your host file will open in TextEdit. Add this line in your host file :

127.0.0.1       localhost

Save the file and close. That's it.