Configure magento to be accessible on temporary URL

if the name is not registered, what if you want to test Magento installed on your hosting account? Certainly, using our Magento hosting plans makes it feasible.

By altering the hosts file locally, you can direct the website to the IP address of the server. See the article “Use the hosts file.” As an alternative, you can use your Magento installation on a temporary URL by making a few database modifications.
Login to your control panel & access phpMyadmin. Select the database and look for table core_config_data.
Edit the fields below. Replace domain name with temporary URL depending on control panel you use.
web/unsecure/base_url
web/secure/base_url

It’s time to remove the cache which has been built up. Delete all content under “var/cache“. It is available under magento installed directory.
You will be able to  use magento installation on temporary URL now.

Even after making the changes, you will see that magento front page works. But when clicked on other URL’s it shows a 404 error. It is because the rewrite do not work with temporary URL with the tilde (~). Here is what you can use. Browse the URL as below.
http://server-IP/~username/index.php/customer-service
Other alternative is to disable rewrite rules from the Magento admin panel. Login to your Magento admin panel & access option Admin >> System >> Configuration. Under General Section Tab access Web >> Search Engines Optimization. From the drop-down select No and Save the configuration.
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