lots of questions from noob

[papokergod]

First of all I would like to thank the developers for what looks to be some great software. I was referred to ispconfig by a co-worker that has been running this from quite sometime. Since he has a slightly different setup as I do, I will start by asking some questions here.

As I am completely new to using ispconfig and cp's in general, I hope my questions are not too confusing. I am a current (possibly former) user of software like xampp, wamp, etc.)

Now onto my current situation:

I have fresh installed Fedora 10 and ispconfig 2.2.29 via the perfect server setup tutorial. With a little tweaking of profptd to get the ftp server working, everything seems to be working correctly. I am also using zoneedit as I am on a single dynamic ip though my isp without the ability to go static/multiple ip's. I also have the domains registered through godaddy which is using the zoneedit dns servers, I do however have zoneedit pointing to my ispconfig dns for an added backup.

I am using this for several different domains, all controlled by myself for now. Each site needs to have a live site, and two development sites (preferably sub domains) ie. www.domain.com, dev1.domain.com and dev2.domain.com. The live site works correctly but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the subdomains working right. I guess they would be separate sites and not just a webforward co-domain right?

Each live/dev site does not need separate mail servers, the one for the live site would be just fine. I did notice if i make a new site for each of the dev sites, they need a separate ftp login? If possible, I would like each ftp account to be able to access each of the dev sites through the same login not 3 separate user accounts.

I guess these questions will get me started for now, I am sure I will have several others when the time comes. Thanks to anyone who attempts to help me out.

[falko]

I guess they would be separate sites and not just a webforward co-domain right?Yes.

Each live/dev site does not need separate mail servers, the one for the live site would be just fine. I did notice if i make a new site for each of the dev sites, they need a separate ftp login?Yes.

If possible, I would like each ftp account to be able to access each of the dev sites through the same login
That's not possible with ISPConfig 2.

[papokergod]

thanks for the confirmations, I currently got the subdomains working through the web redirect for now. I think someone on here has a workaround for the redirect using rewrite rules or something, but I am not sure how they are going to affect my joomla install as of yet. Not sure how I got it working though, I think it was just that the dns cache, did not update fast enough for me :)

Is there a way to rebuild the cache without having to wait for it? ie. If I add another co-domain then rebuild the cache, its available to make sure i have it working correctly.

[till]

The updates of dns caches can not be speeded up as the dns caches are run by many large providers all over the internet. You ccan try to set a shorter TTL for your domain but not all providers will obey that.

[papokergod]

The updates of dns caches can not be speeded up as the dns caches are run by many large providers all over the internet.
Does this mean the co-domains listed in ispconfig are also controlled by zoneedit?

[falko]

Does this mean the co-domains listed in ispconfig are also controlled by zoneedit?

It depends. You can check the authoritative name servers by running
dig ns yourdomain.com