I'm currently beginning to learn Apache. So I'm really a beginner here. I've been able to set up a basic site and virtual hosts that I can access within my own network.
Forgive me if my question sounds stupid but is it possible to access my virtual hosts via name-based virtual hosting using only my external IP? Or would I have to have an actual registered domain name for my virtual hosts that will be mapped by DNS to my external IP?
I might have answered my own question here. But I dunno. I'm a total noob here.
Thanks!
You can serve multiple domain-names off of a single IP, though IMO it is always best practice to have separate IP's for each domain/subdomain you want to use, as over time you might need to move domains around across different servers. In these cases you can (if your hosting set up allows) move the IP address along with the site you are migrating without having to update DNS.
While it's not a good permanent solution, PageKite is a neat service that could help you out
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I have several websites set up on my local XAMPP, and have recently setup virtual hosts so that they can be accessed from my machine using dev.website1.com, dev.website2.com etc.
To achieve this I had to edit my hosts file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts to ensure the name resolves to the correct IP address.
I would now like to make the sites accessible from other computers on the local network, but editing the hosts file for each machine manually seems to be a bad way of doing it, as it would quickly become unmanageable with several machines/addresses to keep on top of.
My question is: Is it possible to add a DNS record or similar to the domain server of our local network (SBS 2008-R2), so that machines on our network can access my websites without having to edit the hosts file on each machine?
Apologies if this is a noob question - I have tried to RTFM, but I am not a network specialist and can't really even be sure if what I'm reading is relevant to my problem, so I really need some help. Thanks.
If you want to use a made-up hostname, it either has to be in your hosts file or in DNS. It's obviously possible to add new subdomains or aliases (CNAME) that point to your existing IP/host to any DNS server -- it's would seem to be a routine operation for your DNS administrator.
After a lot of research I eventually found out how to achieve what I want. I created a new forward lookup zone with the address dev.testsite.com, and then created a blank A record and set it to the IP address I wanted it to forward to. Anyone on my network can now type dev.testsite.com to see the local apache server, or www.testsite.com to see the live version.
I'm sure there are also other ways of achieving this, but as far as I know this is the simplest.
this is my first question here =)
I'm setting my webserver at home (trying both apache and nginx) and I've found that you can easily get and use free dynamic dns (sub) domain to make your server available not only with your home ip that would be changed next time after disconnect and connect to the internet. Actually I've made it working and it's great..
But the problem is that my personal unique data (account id/machine name) could be retrieved with reverse dns look up and I can not hide my real ip that is attached to server.
You can use proxy while browsing the internet, but how to proxy your web server (apache) that have free dyn dns (sub) domain?
I've already tried to create VirtualHost configurations, also with the use of proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_proxy_http, mod_proxy_html) and additionally with proxifier tool, but no luck.
Some people say that it is possible to hide ip with nginx, but I never used to work with nginx. Still believe it is also possible with Apache, just can't figure it out.
I'm using private proxy in format [proxyip:port]. I must attach it everytime to my home ip to make it work. Maybe it's better to get login/password auth proxy, but at first I should find the way how to use it with web server.
Is there anyone who have luck with it? Can you explain, please, the proper config for apache? Currently I'm using version 2.4.
Many thanks and have a good day!
I need some help, I can not find my answers, certainly because I am not asking my self the right questions. So here's the thing, in my very own home, in the very own room I'm writing this I got a dedicated machine running apache server. As well I bought the cheapest domain name I could find in order to make some experiments. But I can not seem to point my domain to my dedicated server. I don't understand how to do it. I suppose it important to say that my ISP uses dynamic IP addresses. Could someone point me toward some documentation please?
When you are talking about your very own home, than you are talking about sitting behind a NAT. Thats means, that your router/gateway has to forward Port 80 to your apache server.
Moreover, you have to use a dynamic DNS solution (dyn.org, no-ip.com, ...) to link a domain to your dynamic ip address.
However, it is not possible to link a generic domain to a dynamic ip address.
Hi everyone I'm a new apache tomcat user I have question regarding seting up a domain name I'm kinda confused about that and how do I know what is my current domain name? can I change the domain name ? I looked into the apache documentations but it was not clear
Thank you in advance
Lava
This question sounds a lot like it's asking about domain name registration and DNS hosting rather than anything tomcat specific.
Your current domain name is probably given to you by whoever hosts your server if you're using public address space. If it's a Unix/Linux box you can find out what that is (assuming things are configured sanely) from a shell using
hostname -A
If you only know the IP address you can make a reverse lookup to find a DNS name that probably points back to your server.
I have a half-dozen domains (with associated domain names), hosted locally on Windows/Apache and accessible to the wider internet. At the moment, the name servers are provided by my domain name register at extra cost. I would like to host a domain name service (on the same machine as is hosting the websites).
I have tried BIND without success, I was unable to configure it correctly. I was confused about zones and the syntax of configuration, as well as how to test if it is configured correctly!
Most guides seem directed at users who wish to replicate DNS entries for local caching, whereas I simply want to host a name server (locally) which directs users to my local machine, when they request any of the half-dozen websites I host.
Is there a simple application to host limited Domain Name Service this on Windows (Vista Business), or an obvious tutorial that I haven't found yet? Or was I on the right track with BIND and missing something?
Bind is probably the best choice. The guides you're referring to are talking about configuring a caching resolver. What you want is an authoritative name server. Bind can be a pain to configure because there are so many options, but it's probably worth persevering.
Depends what your budget is..
The DNS Server on Windows 2003 Server is pretty good and easy to configure.
There's a bunch of alternatives list here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_server_software
Simple DNS Plus could maybe do the trick for your case, but I haven't tried it.
Another option is maybe to use Bind and try to find a GUI for it, there's a few existing, usually web based, like webmin and such...