Choose different TLD for dev sites (not .local)

DevKinsta Feature Requests
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The TLD .local is used by Apple to identify devices via their Bonjour technology.
Dev websites that end in .local can be slow and buggy on Apple devices - the most annoying problem that I’m aware of, is that we cannot test such a .local website on an iPad/iPhone.

Related article: Apple devices might not open your internal network’s ‘.local’ domain - Apple Support

Suggestion:

Add a new setting where we can either (a) choose our preferred TLD for development, or (b) a simple text field to enter a TLD. I prefer (a) with the following options:

  • .local (can be used on Win/Android/Linux)
  • .localhost (should be default on macOS)
  • .code
  • .test
  • .stage
  • .kinsta (I’d use it!)
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Thanks for the feature request @philippstracker !

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@philippstracker I had the same issue with .local on IOS and found a potential solution, for me it’s working fine so far. See iphone - Cannot access .local addresses from my iOS devices - Ask Different where I added the workaround as a new answer to this old case.

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Thanks for that suggestion @GoldyOnline, I’ve just tried your solution but unfortunately adding the .local Search Domain did not have any effect on my iPhone.

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That is a pity! In any case, I think the feature request to allow to choose the local domain name instead of being forced to use .local is a useful one so hopefully this will be added to DevKinsta.

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+1 for this request as a Mac user