Re: [cobalt-users] Virtual Websites

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

<Steven.Price@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote

> Hi, can anyone help me with the following problem. I have tried to 
> configure a couple of virtual websites using the remote administration 
> tool but these do not seem to be working. The idea is to keep the 
> mkcollege.ac.uk domain name but distinguish the sites based on the host 
> name.
> 
> I followed these steps.
> 
> I went into the server management tool site management >> add virtual 
> site. In the virtual site I added the IP address of the server 
> (212.78.71.60) defined a new host name called cms instead of www to 
> distinguish the new site, and retained the domain name entered in your 
> dns (mkcollege.ac.uk). I then went control panel >>dns parameters and 
> added an address record for cms.mkcollege.ac.uk to point to the IP 
> address 212.78.71.60.
> 
The nameservers for mkcollege.ac.uk are
NS1.VI.NET and NS2.VI.NET
They don't know cms.mkcollege.ac.uk
You say you made an 'A' record, 
was it in the mkcollege.ac.uk zone?
was it in NS1.VI.NET?
Gerald