We have an internal webserver, I made a user on this server (Openlogic 6.6, Centos Web Panel installed).
the domain : testnet.company.local
In the dns I have a record testnet which resolves to the ip of the server.
In a browser when you go to "http://testnet.company.local/application" it works.
But if I want users to be able to go to testnet/application or just to "http://application" what are the steps I need to take? Is this possible? Our DNS server is a Windows Server 2012.
Do the users have a common search list on their machines? I don't suggest using barewords as DNS names without some serious investigation.
However, say, for example, that all of your users have company.local in their searchlist. You can then add "testnet" to the company.local DNS zone and it will resolve because the user's machines will automatically add "company.local" to the request.
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I registered domain on the WHM and create a new user cpanel with the domain, the domain is added to the cpanel. But when i try to browse the domain name it getting server DNS address could not be found.i updated the name servers with my server name, but nothing changed.
when i try to go through myip/~newuser it going fine to the site file, but with the domain name it's not.
You have a DNS issue in this case. Please check your DNS zone with a tool like intoDns:
https://intodns.com/yourdomain.tld
See if you get any errors there. If you do, then you have issues with your DNS configuration. Be sure that you have create the parent DNS servers for your domain if you want to use the DNS from WHM (the parent DNS servers should point to your WHM server ip).
Try using external services to query your DNS server to see if it actually works (like MXToolBox etc). Or you can use nslookup or dig right from your WHM server by connecting via ssh.
So I configured an authoritative name server after reading pages after pages of text regarding the standards of the server and its security. Question is how do I make my server accessible to the public such that they don't need to add my name server to their network configuration in order to access domains registered to that name server? I already have a domain name registered for that name server through a third party domain name provider.
Your registrar will have a way to make your DNS server authoritative for your domain. Look in their control panel for DNS options. When you register your domain they will set the DNS servers to their own, which you can change later. When you set your DNS servers it will take a bit for it to update, so if it doesn't happen right away just wait an hour or so. You should also flush and register DNS on the machine you are trying to access the site from.
FYI - you got down voted because stackoverflow is for programming and not server config questions.
I'm using Plesk 12 to manage my domains and websites. At the moment I need to move a website from another provider to me.
Before I change the DNS entries to point to my server. I'd like to check if everything is working correct. So is there a way to access a webspace with a domain set up, that is actually not pointing to my server?
If you have Linux on your local computer, you can edit the hosts file and add the domain and IP address of the new server.
Remember to add your domain to new plesk.
Your web browser will direct you to your client website with the new provider.
Okay, can't seem to find a great article or info on this. My client purchased a domain for his company (domain.com) through Network Solutions. He has a local server running Windows 2008 R2 that he wants to host his company's website on. I've created the website and have it running with Apache on localhost. The server does have a static IP, but when I visit it, I'm prompted for credentials (user, password) which is expected as it's meant to be protected.
My question:
How would I point the domain to the website on his server?
From what I've researched, I have options that include:
Pointing the domain to the static IP (what about the credentials?)
Creating A and CNAME records for the DNS server on Network Solutions
Setting up a local DNS server w/ Active Directory on the Windows machine
Creating a couple name servers that would tell Network Solutions
where to send the domain
It's safe to say I'm effectively confused, so any help would be very much appreciated.
So basically you have to associate the domain name to the IP address, and that is done using DNS.
I'd suggest option 2 where you let Network Solutions manage the DNS, and you create an A record for www.domainname.com that points to the IP address on your server. Keep in mind it might take 24-48 hours for this new record to propagate across the internet. Take a look at http://www.networksolutions.com/support/dns-manager-advanced-tools/ and http://www.networksolutions.com/support/a-records-ip-addresses/
Regarding the credentials prompt, I assume you are using IIS and so you'd want to check the Authentication settings for the site. If you want anonymous access to the site, you would enable it there.
Ive bought some domains from a hosting service and i want to point them to my other server. I did so usually by adding a DNS zone of type CNAME to list of DNS es which is set in my domain administration panel. but unfortunately I do not have access to add a CNAME, I can only change my name servers. I have even tried to point the name servers to my own domain name server, but this did not work so. for example I have the name servers ns1.online4iran.com and ns2.online4iran.com. but the domain still does not point to my server. is there a way to handle this situation. shall I start a spicific service on my server to handle this thing?
or should I preform specific configurations on my own domain configuration page?
thanks,
I did notice that some domain sellers do this, not sure why the monopoly. Sometimes, the changes don't reflect immediately. Wait for sometime & if still they don't reflect then do this. Check in the DNS Settings of your domain control panel if you have an option of 'Child Nameservers'. If yes, then you can run DNS service on your server locally & then make the necessary DNS changes on the server itself. Is your server Linux or Windows? Does it have a control panel installed?