Updates to /etc/hosts file not mapping ip address to to domain

[mrispoli24]

Expected behavior

When updating my windows \etc\hosts file the updates copy over into WSL2 just fine and appear in /etc/hosts. I should then be able to go to mynewhostname:3000 (or whatever port) and see the running application.

Actual behavior

When I got to localhost:3000 in a browser this works but when I got to mynewhostname:3000 it does not find the running application. I haven't been able to find any basic documentation on why this is. I have tried restarting all services from powershell and also the entire machine. The new host continues to be copied over fine but the browser does not recognize this. Feels like localhost is just a proxy for the IP address of WSL but then how can I proxy my new hostname to that IP address?

It's worth noting this only seems to be an issue with WSL2. Using WSL1 everything works as expected.

[therealkenc]

/dupe #4851

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists in this repository. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread.

Thanks for your report!

[mrispoli24]

Thank you for those that are frantically googling and land here this is what worked from that issue: #4851 (comment)

::1 yourdomain.whatever instead of 127.0.0.1 yourdomain.whatever I left both in the windows host file as well and all works as expected.