Can I use Autify Connect to test localhost websites?

Yes, you can use Autify Connect to test websites running on localhost.
However, it will not work correctly if the target URL of the scenario links to a local host or local network, such as http://localhost and http://127.0.0.1.
Therefore, please use one of the following methods to run tests:

1. Use localhost.autify.com.
   We have an FQDN pointing to 127.0.0.1. You can use this FQDN instead of localhost or 127.0.0.1.
   If you have already recorded a test scenario with a hostname such as localhost, you can use the URL Replacement feature in the test plan.

   • Can I use localhost.autify.com with https?

     • Yes, we have a local SSL cert to make the localhost.autify.com working with https. Following the steps below to setup the SSL certificate

       • Download the AutifyCA.pem, localhost.autify.com.crt and localhost.autify.com.key files
       • Make your system trust the root certificates

       MacOS

       sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k "/Library/Keychains/System.keychain" /file/path/AutifyCA.pem
       

       Linux

       # Install the ca-certificates package.
       sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates
       
       # Rename AutifyCA.pem file to AutifyCA.crt and copy to the `/usr/local/share/ca-certificates` directory
       sudo cp AutifyCA.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/AutifyCA.crt
       
       # Run the update command
       sudo update-ca-certificates
       

       • After add the root certificates, you can run your local server with the localhost.autify.com crt and key file
         • Example for Nginx setup:

       # You can find more infomation about Nginx SSL setup here: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html
       # Add the setup below to the Nginx config
       server {
           ...
           listen                 443 ssl;
           server_name            localhost.autify.com;
           ssl_certificate        /file/path/localhost.autify.com.crt;
           ssl_certificate_key    /file/path/localhost.autify.com.key;
       }
       

       • Access https://localhost.autify.com and confirm

2. Use another IP address, such as 192.168.86.92.

3. Edit the hosts file and set the application alias as follows:

   127.0.0.1       local.your-application.com
   ::1             local.your-application.com
   

   The hosts file is usually located at the following path:

   OS	Path
   Linux, macOS	/etc/hosts
   Windows	c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Note that the following hostnames are not supported (this is not an exhaustive list).
If you record a scenario using these hostnames, you will need to implement one of the methods described above.

localhost
*.localhost
[::1]
127.0.0.1/8
169.254/16
[FE80::]/10

Tests using Windows OS, for example, will also recognize loopback.

If none of the above works, please contact Autify support.