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Networking & Domains

Laradock defaults to plain localhost access, but most projects eventually need a real-looking domain or trusted certificates inside the workspace. Both are quick, host-level changes.

Use a custom domain​

Use a real domain instead of the Docker IP. Assuming your domain is laravel.test:

  1. Map it to localhost in your /etc/hosts: 
    127.0.0.1    laravel.test
  2. Open http://laravel.test.

Optionally set the server name in your NGINX config:

server_name laravel.test;

Add CA certificates​

To install your own CA certificates, drop them in the workspace/ca-certificates folder. They're added to the workspace container's system CA store on build.