HostAdmin App Application Chrome

Saving your time when you switch domain-ip mapping (Hosts file) between different environment. Awesome host file editor !

Latest Version

Version

1.5.0.1

Update

May 4, 2014

Size

172KiB

Developer

HostAdmin App Application

HostAdmin Chrome port (App Version)

Saving your time when you switch domain-ip mapping between different environment

Firefox Version
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hostadmin/

Introduction
HostAdmin is a Firefox Addon , that helps you modify the Hosts file , switch domain-ip mapping. HostAdmin can understand your Hosts file via a enhanced Hosts file syntax.

In additional, HostAdmin refresh your DNS cache automaticlly whenever you change your Hosts file, even manually.

How does HostAdmin analyze the Hosts file
Common
IP DOMAIN [#COMMENT]

127.0.0.1 localhost #comment here

when comment is 'hide' (case-insensitive), that line would not display in menu.

Grouping

#==== Project 1
#127.0.0.1 localhost1
127.0.0.1 localhost2
127.0.0.1 localhost3
#====

#==== Project 2
#127.0.0.1 localhost1
#127.0.0.1 localhost2
#127.0.0.1 localhost3
#====

Syntax detail
http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/HOST_SYNTAX

Switching Hosts using HostAdmin
By using HostAdmin to switch Hosts, the Hosts need to be written access.
XP users need NO additional setting
Here is a guide for you to gain write privilege for Vista/7/Linux users
http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/GAIN_HOSTS_WRITE_PERM

Switch Hosts Manually
The Hosts might be switched manually
If they do so
HostAdmin will refresh DNS immediately

Feedback
http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/issues/list

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",\t"name": "HostAdmin App",\t\t"icons": {\t\t\t"16" : "icons/icon16.png",\t\t\t"24" : "icons/icon24.png",\t\t\t"32" : "icons/icon32.png",\t\t\t"128": "icons/icon128.png"\t\t},\t\t"version": "1.5.0.1",\t\t"manifest_version": 2, "minimum_chrome_version": "31",\t\t"permissions": [{"fileSystem": ["write", "retainEntries"]}, "storage"],\t\t"description": "Saving your time when you switch domain-ip mapping (Hosts file) between different environment. Awesome host file editor !",\t\t"app" : { "background": { "persistent": true, "page": "container/chrome/background.html" }\t\t}}