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A description of the '''hosts''' file (`/etc/hosts`). For more details, see `hosts(5)`. A '''`hosts(8)` file''', typically found at `/etc/hosts`, provides [[Protocols/IP|IP addresses]] for domain names.
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A template hosts file, with interleaved explanations:
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The hosts file is structured as:
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== See also ==

[[https://man.archlinux.org/man/hosts.5|hosts(5)]]

Hosts

A hosts(8) file, typically found at /etc/hosts, provides IP addresses for domain names.

Contents

  1. Hosts
    1. Example
    2. Syntax
    3. See also

Example

# IPv4 loopback address
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
# Local hostname resolution. Can otherwise be provided by `myhostname` plugin (see above).
127.0.1.1 <MYHOSTNAME>

# IPv6 loopback address.
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
# Reserved, as with IPv4 Class E address space (see `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classful_network#Classful_addressing_definition`).
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
# The Link-local scope, as with `224.0.0.1` in IPv4.
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
# All routers in the Link-local scope, as with `224.0.0.2` in IPv4.
ff02::2 ip5-allrouters
# Historically all hosts in the Link-local scope, now unassigned.
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

Syntax

# comment
address name alias[es]

Each address should be listed once. Duplicated lines will be disregarded at best. Aliases should be used sparingly, as to make a local host available with and without specifying the domain.

See also

hosts(5)

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