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Assume that i run several web applications in one windows server under IIS. As you know, for the several web applications to co-exist in IIS, i need to differentiate them using a hostname, ip address or port combinations. Assuming that i go with defining a hostname binding unique for each of the web applications, do i need to create a DNS entry for the hostnames to be resolved?
There are three different sites i host in IIS in the same windows server. I can not allocate different ip address to each of my dev sites so i chose to use unique host names for each of the sites thus
api-orders.dev
api-catalog.dev
api-products.dev
etc..
api - indicates it is a web api.
orders | catalog | products - indicate it is an application serving a business department.
dev - indicates it is my development site.
My organization has several domains such as usdev.org.com, us.org.com, uk.dtt.org.com and more like.
Assuming that my Dev servers are hosted in the usdev.org.com domain. I should be able to request my hypothetical sites from within and also outside of the usdev.org.com domain
right now, when i use the below urls, i am not able to hit the site within or outside the domain. Not even from the web server where the sites are hosted. I ask this question to several people and could not get a clear response.
DO i need to create DNS entries corresponding to the hostname IIS binding of each site in order to solve this issue?
api-orders.dev.computer-name.domain.com
api-catalog.dev.computer-name.domain.com
api-products.dev.computer-name.domain.com
What kind of setup i need to acheive this?
If you just want to access the website via your Active directory. I think you shouldn't include servername in your domain name.
Because in common AD DNS Forward Lookup Zone.
You should have a primary zone called domain.com. Your web server will displayed as a HOST(A) Servername and its FQDN will be servername.domain.com.
Then you could create a CNAME api-orders.dev and map it to your servername.domain.com. The FQDN should be api-orders.dev.domain.com.
Finally you have to set the domain into IIS binding so that IIS can share 80 port for mutiple sites.
Since your cname api-orders.dev will not be considered as a seperate website, you have to input FQDN instead of CNAME.
If you want to access the website from internet, then you may need to purchase public domain from domain provider and map it to your server's public IP address.
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I have a web domain registered and a hosting space.
When I access my website with www (for ex. www.example.com) it shows expected content. However when I try to access it without www (for ex. example.com) it shows site under construction page. This site under construction page is provided by web hosting provider and is html file.
What changes are required for accessing site both ways?
setup an A-record for the domain name without the 'www' prefix pointing to the IP address of
the web-server, and setup a CNAME-record for the domain name with the 'www' prefix pointing
to the web-server IP.
use a CNAME record for "www" to point it to the base name. Use an A record for the base name.
But I find it easier (and it's ever so slightly faster for users) to simply use an A record for both the base name and www.
Creating A record and CNAME record usually is the solution - but on your authoritative DNS.
You will want to put A and/or CNAME records into master DNS, not secondary DNS. There are two approaches to DNS which are:
authoritative DNS (master DNS)
local DNS (usually resides on your host machine/router) (secondary DNS)
Indeed - it is not simple as it may seemed. To have your own working authoriative DNS, you need 2 host machines physcially connected to two different separated ip addresses (eth0 physical connect - not virtually bridged). Since this is so complicated and time-consuming implemention, it is typical to outsource master DNS to a DNS provider (and is a common practice among many of us).
I have 4 servers on my one ip, and my local DNS are being managed in between my router and 4 host machines and it works great on local network ONLY. Since I wanted the local network to be hooked to my domain, I outsourced my master DNS to http://dnsimple.com (there are other DNS provider competitors), so it'd manage my domain directly. This therefore functions as an authoritative DNS, known as master DNS.
The issue you are trying to fix should be focused toward master DNS, not secondary DNS (local network) as it'd not work. If you got your domain via a registrar company or a web-hosting company, you should be able to find the setting/management on your account with the company (for example, C-Panel)...not DNS on your local network.
EDITED: This is a tool that I always use and is a great benefit in tackling down DNS / Domain issues. I dont know what I'd have done without it. http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools
Hi have multiple domain for one web application hosted on tomcat. My server is managed with web host manager and cPanel. This domains are configured ok and shows web applications if you type domain with or without www
Now I want to do this configuration. If somebody type w.domain.com, ww.domain.com or wwww.domain.com go to web application too.
I don't know where I must do this configuration. Must I add CNAME register on DNS with 1,2 and 4 W? Or some configuration on apache?
Regards.
Both. The CNAME is just a reference to the record for the IP that the dns system will resolve for you. The Apache server still sees "w" "ww" or "wwww" coming in.
However, it is quite likely that the Apache is configured to accept *.domain.com which means you do not need to change anything.
In Cpanel i can access a website without domain using http://IP/~username. Is there any similar way to access a website without domain which is hosted in Windows & Running with Plesk panel.?
most hosting provider set temporary url based on the server ip address and customized domain name
https://www.motherhost.com/help/temporary-url-for-the-domain-in-plesk-control-panel/
Any domain or server name followed by /~cpanelusername/ can be used to see that user's site. This will cause any domain on the server to show the site for the username. That's how cPanel setup works; so we can't prevent this method from showing someone else's site on your domain.
Hosting with Plesk 11
http://domainname.com.ipaddress.windowshostingdns.com/
(Be sure to replace all of the above with the actual values and to have the dashes between the IP octets instead of dots.)
The IP address can be either the IP for the A record or the control panel, based on which one is actively pointing to the site as A records can direct a domain name to point to a different server.
The best way to find the temporary URL from your Plesk control panel is to do the following:
Click on the Web Sites and Domains tab.
Click on the Domain Name for the hosting settings.
In the hosting settings, look for the preview link. This will provide the proper temporary URL.
Hosting with Plesk 10
(Be sure to replace "serverIP", "cpanelusername" and "path_aka_document_root" with the actual values.)
Hosting with Plesk 11
(Be sure to replace all of the above with the actual values and to have the dashes between the IP octets instead of dots.)
Hosting with Plesk 10
(Be sure to replace "serverIP" and "otherdomain.com" with the actual values.)
Hosting with Plesk 8 and 9
(Replace "ipaddress" with your server's IP address.)
You may configure fake domain name , reconfigure HOST file in your PC and access to the site .
In HOST file put the fake domain + IP of the server , do an F5 and with that fake domain you may be able to access to it .
in Plesk you unable to access website without domain.
But you can access live websites content via IP But need upload websites content in domain.
Yes,
You can access your plesk panel without domain.
You need to known you ip address.
You can access pleak panel using ip with port.
Http://ip:8443
Regards,
Stanley
Ok so I have a domain registered, for these purposes I will refer to it as mydomain.com.
I also have Shared Hosting (just fyi) so I may be restricted in doing what I am planning.
So basically I have a sub-domain, gserver.mydomain.com, which points to a directory on the Host server showing basically a seperate website for this subdomain displaying information about it's corresponding gameserver.
Since it's about a gameserver, naturally I would want gserver.mydomain.com to also direct users to the gameserver's IP but I can't have it both to the Web Server and Game Server in the zone record as they are seperate IPs.
If the gameserver listens on.. let's say port 2400, then is it possible to have gserver.mydomain.com:2400 point to another IP (the gameserver's IP) while still retaining the Web Hosts IP on port 80.
I have a general idea of how to go about it but with the current Hosting Plan, restrictions may be preventing me.
Talking about DNS, it's not possible to use port (tcp or udp) information, as it handles only name/ip's (basicaly).
So, gserver.mydomain.com will always be resolved to the IP in the DNS database, regardless of the :port. Actualy, the :port is not part of the DNS name.
If all of your server will be HTTP servers and you have access to an Apache web servers, you can use something like proxy_pass.
You can take a look at this link http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass
Is it possible that we have one domain where database and site is hosted on the single dedicated IP.
If we wish to host domains subdomain on another dedicated IP address and use the domains databse to display quotes.
Will it be done or not. Or we have to host the subdomain also in same domain with same IP address?
Yes, you can host a site and a database on the same domain name and the same IP. If they are separate servers, you need a router so that it can route different ports to separate local IP addresses.
Yes, you can have a subdomain on a different IP, and you can access the database either from the outside (public / separate local net) or from the same local net. You can have a separate IP for the subcomain even if you use the same router and put the server in the same local net.
Yes. surely different domains/subdomains can be assigned to different servers/IPs and surely you can access a database remotely from a separate machine. Your primary site and the one that your subdomain refers to can be served by a single database residing on the primary site's machine.