Virtual Sites & DNS Setup

[Jayson Wonder]

Hi,

I have read many atricles on here abotu DNS but maybe I am dumb or I just can't grasp the concept.

I am asking for step by step instructions on how to setup my Fedora 9 with ISPConfig server to work with virtual sites. I do not uderstand hwo to set up the DNS on the sites or in ISPConfig to work with anything.

At this point I only want to get this to work onmy local / private network for testing. I am not good enuff to run my sites live yet.

I have the server with an IP address of 192.168.1.200 and the name is server.domain.com.

I want to be able to access various virtual hosts / sites but do not know what to do.

Please advise. After the Perfect Server install guide, I am feeling left hanging with no clear help on this type of setup.

Thanks in advance

[zcworld]

ok simple fix to ur problem

ok i take it that ur work station is windows ?
or is it linux
if its linux than im on the other ATM
if its windows
i can help with easy


step 1 .
control panel -> network or Network and Sharing Center ( if in vista)
step 2
find Local Area Connection -> View status -> Properties -> click the continue box that's pops up

step 3.
Internet Protocol ver 4 ( TCP/IPv4)

step 4.
Use The Following DNS Servers Addresses
add in your ISPconfig box IP address
than your Router / ISP DNS Server as the second one

than click on ok ok ok to close the local Area Connection windows and make the changes to the DNS settings


this will let you use your DNS on your WWW box as fist DNS it looks at
so any sites you got there it will find them for you


PM / IM me if u need help ...

[Jayson Wonder]

Originally Posted by zcworld

ok simple fix to ur problem

ok i take it that ur work station is windows ?
or is it linux
if its linux than im on the other ATM
if its windows
i can help with easy


step 1 .
control panel -> network or Network and Sharing Center ( if in vista)
step 2
find Local Area Connection -> View status -> Properties -> click the continue box that's pops up

step 3.
Internet Protocol ver 4 ( TCP/IPv4)

step 4.
Use The Following DNS Servers Addresses
add in your ISPconfig box IP address
than your Router / ISP DNS Server as the second one

than click on ok ok ok to close the local Area Connection windows and make the changes to the DNS settings


this will let you use your DNS on your WWW box as fist DNS it looks at
so any sites you got there it will find them for you


PM / IM me if u need help ...

Hi,

thanks,I did this but I still cannot reach the sites on the server setup with ISPconfig. Maybe I have them setup wrong or missing something.

My server is at 192.168.1.200 with a name server.mydomain.com
I have setup a new virtual site at 192.168.1.201 with a name myvirtual.com

What is wrong becasue now I cannot reach either site by domain or IP. Maybe I need something in ISPConfig DNS Management under master or slave or prt?

Any thought are aprreciated!

[falko]

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...s+file+windows

[Jayson Wonder]

Originally Posted by falko

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...s+file+windows

Yes, thanks, I went and read that thread. I tottaly get this part and have done this on my clients but I still cannot reach any virtual sites.

I can now reach the server home page which is www.mydomain.com on the main server IP 192.168.1.200

Prob is I cannot reach the virtual sites I create using additional IP's such as:

192.168.1.201 www.virtualdomain.com

I have entered them into the clients host file as well.

What am I missing.

[zcworld]

can u do an dig command

type in
on your linux box

dig @localhost mysite.com

you should get an display printout like this

[zcworld@server1 ~]$ dig @localhost vdb.site.lan

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0b2 <<>> @localhost vdb.site.lan
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20108
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;vdb.site.lan. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
vdb.site.lan. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.25

;; Query time: 11 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec 1 07:21:12 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 46

[zcworld@server1 ~]$

if so than change it from @localhost to the @IPADDRESS And see if thats works for you : if both not working than your DNS is the problem there as far as i can tell

[Jayson Wonder]

This is what the output of dig gives me:

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> @localhost www.testdomain.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50144
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.testdomain.com.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.testdomain.com.     86400   IN      A       192.168.1.201

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
testdomain.com.         86400   IN      NS      192.168.1.1.
testdomain.com.         86400   IN      NS      192.168.1.200.

;; Query time: 5 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Nov 30 18:42:19 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 104

If i read this correctly I should be good but why no site?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Jayson Wonder

Prob is I cannot reach the virtual sites I create using additional IP's such as:

192.168.1.201 www.virtualdomain.com

I have entered them into the clients host file as well.

What am I missing.

What happens when you type www.virtualdomain.com into your browser?
Are there any errors in the logs on the server?

[Jayson Wonder]

Originally Posted by falko

What happens when you type www.virtualdomain.com into your browser?
Are there any errors in the logs on the server?

Well no, that is what seem so wierd. Unless I am not sure where to look for this type of errors.

All I get is a Sharred IP page when I use main apache at either the IP address of: 192.168.1.200 or the domain: mydomain.com.

If I attempt to reach my first virtual site at: 192.168.1.201 or virtualdomain.com I simply get an Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage error.

Please advise where I should look for potential error or glitch. I am so desperate to solve this.

Thanks to everyone so far for trying to help me out!!!

[falko]

What's the output of

ifconfig

, and what's in Vhosts_ispconfig.conf?