With the new gTLDs being opened up (let's use .example as an example) is it possible to host a website at http://example ? Or does there still need to be a 2nd level (e.g. http://something.example)?
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It's technically possible, but some people may have problems because some systems treat a host name without any dots in it as being a local name instead of a DNS name.
Indeed, a few smaller ccTLDs already have A records at their apex.
It wont be possible.. even for brand gTLD.
.example --> TLD
you need domain.example to set an host
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Hi is there any way to find all the domain associated with a specific name server, I have the ip address as well, but i'm getting a result of 600+ domains. I want to narrow down the search to domains that are linked with that particular name server.
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Not realistically, no. There is no central registry of name servers, and trying to iterate through the entire global DNS tree is not feasible.
I don't know anything about it, so I have to ask ...
I have a domain name registered with dotster: MyOld.com
Maybe I will get a new domain name: MyNew.com
The search engine rating is quite high, so I don't want to loose MyOld.com. Right now it is pointing to my old shared webhost. But I found a new webhost. What do I have to do?
Change to settings in dotster to point to the new host? Of course I will have to inform my new webhost, too.
If I keep the pages, description and keyword the same, the search engine should not have too much of a problem. Right?
Is it possible to point two domain names to the same IP? MyOld.com and MyNew.com to the same new webhost?
This depends on your webhost. Many have a DNS service that will set the authoritative web servers for you. Otherwise you can just set the CNAME on the domain to that of your new webhost.
Changing the underlying host should have no discernable impact on your search engine rank,etc.
Yes! Absolutely.
I'm trying to set up a domain with the .ka suffix for a URL shortener for a project I'm working on. Similar to drbl.in for example. I've checked online and this suffix doesn't seemed to registered to any country yet or appear of any domain name service. Any ideas on how to fix this up, or if its even possible?
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There is no .ka TLD. So you'll have to pick a different one.
Full TLD List: http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
Here is a list of all top-level domains. Since .ka is not on that list, you cannot register a domain ending in .ka.
In terms of having that domain added, refer to the IANA procedure for establishing new country-code TLDs. The short version is: pick a new suffix.
As the others have said, the .ka domain extension does not exist.
It's quite difficult to get a new domain extension approved. ICANN, which accepts applications for making new TLDs, opens this registration process only every few years and it is also quite expensive.
Here's more info on getting your own TLD: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/afilias-explains-how-to-get-your-own-top-level-domain-tld/
If you're only after domain hacking and are not too particular about the spelling (as long as it sounds the same), then you might want to consider a .ca domain instead.
If you're interested, you can check if your domain hack is still available here:
https://www.marcaria.com/ws/en/domains/canada-domain-registration-ca
I currently have my own domain name and dedicated server and I offer different packages to my clients. What I want to be able to do is have them sign up with my website and create a package automatically that they can access via their username as a subdomain e.g.
http://yourusername.mywebsite.com
I currently have DNS entries set up for various subdomains with real information for my website e.g.
Name Type IP Address
# A 1.2.3.4
bugs A 1.2.3.4
support A 1.2.3.4
However, if a new customer signs up at the moment I have to go and manually create an entry for them with their username in it.
I'm sure I've seen websites that manage to do this automatically, does anyone have any ideas how, or any other methods that I should be using?
Thanks,
Mark
Since you apparently do not control the name servers, your choices are quite limited. One possibility is to use a wildcard DNS record:
* A 192.0.2.1
where the star will replace every name. Not ideal (inexisting domains will also appear).
The details depend on which DNS server you're using.
One approach is to have some code that opens the DNS zone file and adds the desired records. On Linux with Bind, you will then need to signal the server to get it re-read the zone file.
With Simple DNS Plus, you can easily add such a DNS record through the included HTTP API. For example:
http://127.0.0.1:8053/updatehost?host=yourusername.mywebsite.com&data=1.2.3.4
Since you apparently do not control the name servers, your choices are quite limited. Nevertheless, every serious DNS hoster provide you with a API (see for instance Slicehost's API). So, you may use this API and write a small program to update the DNS data.
(Foot note: handling paying customers when you do not even control the name servers seem... bad)
Greetings All,
Long time reader first time poster.
I work for a small school district. We are our own SOA so we can pretty much do what we want.
In the state of Washington all educational institutions are given a name like myschools.wednet.edu. I've recently purchased a new and hopefully easier to remember domain myschools.org and I'd like to use both domains and have them point to the same information and subdomains i.e. helpdesk.myschools.org would equal helpdesk.myschools.wednet.edu. I'd also like this to work with e-mail but I think this is a bit more complicated.
I'm sure this has been done, but I'm not entirely sure I'm asking the question in a way that can be easily answered.
Any and all help is appreciated.
TIA,
Dave
To do this, you'll have multiple DNS record entries (A-Recs) pointing to the same IP Address. You may also need to tweak IIS (or your web server software) to accept requests coming from both domains.
So...in your DNS manager (e.g. in Register.com or whereever you manage your domains) change the A-Rec to point myschools.org (your domain) to the same server IP address where myschools.wednet.edu is currently pointed (I take it that you told them where to point the subdomain).
If you are using IIS then setting up multiple domains on one web site is easy. You'll create just one web site (or use the one to which wednet.edu points). Next, right-click the web site in IIS and choose Properties. On the "Web Site" tab, click "Advanced" and in the resulting dialog, use the "Add" button to add your additional domains/subdomains. That's all you'll need to do.
Hope this helps!
If you want lots of subdomain entries to map from one domain to the other then you'll need to either add A or CNAME records in the new domain pointing to the old domain.
In most cases I'd recommend a CNAME, however if you want the unadorned "myschools.org" domain to respond to HTTP requests that would have to be an A record, because you can't put in a CNAME at the top level of a zone.
Alternatively, there's a relatively new DNS record type called DNAME which can map an entire domain to another in one fell swoop. Unfortunately it's not widely supported yet.
All you should do is create two 'A' records, one of host-type '#' and the other one of host-type 'www' both should point to the IP address of your server.
It could be a bit confusing, here's an example of how to set it up #GoDaddy's: