RE: [cobalt-users] two questions from a new user

[Paul Schreiber <cheesefactory@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Irish Web Designs <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> To Clarify then,
> 
> I presume robiscool.com has to be registered to the
> nameserver on the raq
> and with all the usual dns settings?

You would need to set up DNS so that foobar.com,
www.foobar.com, robiscool.com and www.robiscool.com
all point to your IP, i.e. 5.6.7.8, typically as "A"
records.

Paul

> > 2) how to point multiple domains to the same web
> > folder
> The easiest way to do this is to edit the http.conf
> file.
> 
> Say you have foobar.com, and want robiscool.com to
> point at the same site.
> 
> in the httpd.conf[1] file, you will see:
> <VirtualHost XX.XXX.XX.XX>
> ServerName www.foobar.com
> ServerAlias foobar.com
> MoreConfigJunk
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> under the ServerAlias line, put:
> ServerAlias www.robiscool.com
> ServerAlias robiscool.com
> 
> and then restart apache[2].
> 
> Paul
> 
> [1] /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
> [2] /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.init restart

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