Re: [cobalt-users] Setting up DNS

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Garry Mills schrieb:
 
> One quick question: the main purpose of me doing this is so I can
> have multiple domains pointing at the same 'site' - ie a .com,
> .co.uk and a couple of hyphanated variants don't want or need their
> own web space and can all share one.

i never did that, but it should work in this way :

you have to add the different domains as a ServerAlias to the <Virtual
Host> section in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf (it is well commented), so
apache can decide what virtual site should be displayed (if you use name
based hosting). don`t forget to restart apache.

for dns, some times on this list i found advice to use A records instead
of CNAME entries. i don`t remember why, as i don`t deal much with dns.
 
> Assuming I place, say, five domains to one site, does this mean I
> am effectivly freeing up 4 new sites to my limit running on the
> Cobolt?

in my understanding, you`re right : that should not affect the cobalt`s
limit, as it is just one virtual site with different aliases.



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