Remove ".local" suffix on local server (Yosemite)

Question

I'm running a local server manually using apache virtual hosts. Everything works fine, but the "problem" (it's not a real problem, actually) is that I'm struggling to remove the ".local" suffix I declared on "hosts" file before. Even if I set ServerName Application1 or ServerAlias Application1 on apache config file, it doesn't work.

For the time being, it run as application1.local/index.html and I'd like to run just as application1/index.html.

Answer 1

I found the solution myself by setting the ServerName on Apache virtual-host config file as application1 (without suffix) and changing /etc/hosts file to 127.0.0.1 application1 and 127.0.0.1 application1.local and then restarting Apache.