CloudLinux 500/503/508 Errors
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The host file can be used to access your website from the server where your website files and database exist but the DNS of the website still doesn’t point to that server. This is useful when you want to preview your website from the server before actually pointing your website’s DNS to that server. When you use the host files of your local system to access a particular website, your browser skips DNS lookup and directly sends a request to the Server’s IP (mentioned in the host file) to fetch tFew readersHow to flush your DNS Cache
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