When trying to access local private ip, the browser redirects to projectname.local:8080?

Question

In my hosts file I have myproject.local using 199.199.99.99. I'm using Vagrant with a private ip of 199.199.99.99 and when I visit myproject.local in the browser it works fine. But sometimes it will take too long to connect or I will accidentally refresh the page before Vagrant is up and the browser redirects me to myproject.local:8080 no matter what...Unless I go clear the browser cache, then it will work again. It's a pain having to clear the cache every time this happens. Is there anyway to stop it from redirecting me?

Answer 1

199.199.99.99 isn't a private IP address. Try update your vagrantfile with a forwarded_ports configuration (if haven't already), and replace your static IP with a non-conflicting private IP address.

On my box, it looks something like:

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 8080, host: 8080
  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.10.10"
end