In this tutorial you will see what a hosts file is and how can you use it on a Linux Mint/Ubuntu operating system.
Useful commands:
sudo vi /etc/hosts
192.168.56.101 http.liviubalan.com
ping http.liviubalan.com
Useful links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%...
More info on: http://www.liviubalan.com/ubuntu-linu...