Re: [cobalt-users] viewing a virtual site without DNS

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> Does anyone know of a way I can view a site set up on my RaQ4, where the
DNS
> change hasn't gone through yet?

This issues has been beaten like a dead horse in the archives, but not so
much for the RaQ4 which is a little different (and much easier and quicker),
so here you go:
In the site's Site Settings, in the Web Aliases box, put:
testblah.yourhostdomain.com
and save changes.
Now go over to the Server Management/Control Panel/DNS Parameters and in
your host domain, set up an A record for:
testblah.yourhostdomain.com --> whatever.ip.it.has

Save changes, save changes again... you're good to go.
Just remember to take out this A record when the domain has propogated, and
don't try sending mail with it like this. Just wait 'till the domain
responds to your server.

If you want to know how to do this by hand in the httpd.conf and the named
records, do a search in the archives for something like "viewing domain
before DNS".

CarrieB