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Create a local server configuration

Last modified: 08 October 2024

A local server is a server that runs in a local or mounted folder and serves files to a local URL address. In a local server configuration, you do the development in a IntelliJ IDEA project, and then upload the project files to the document root on the server.

To create a local server configuration in IntelliJ IDEA, you need to set up connection between IntelliJ IDEA and the server and configure mapping between the IntelliJ IDEA project and the project folder on the server and its corresponding URL path.

Now that you have the server configuration added, you can access the server's files and folders in the Remote Host tool window. Go to Tools | Deployment | Browse Remote Host in the main menu, and in the tool window that opens, select the configured server from the drop-down list.

Open the Remote Host tool window and select the server