Re: [cobalt-users] hosts other than www

[Shane Lambert <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FloatingVision wrote:
> 
> Hi, I have a RaQ3 and I wish to set up virtual sites with subdomains off my
> existing domain, ie. I want site1.mydomain.com to be a seperate site to
> www.mydomain.com.
> 
> I am using my ISP's DNS (because I thought it would make things easier) so I
> asked them to add a wildcard entry; *.mydomain.com and point it to my
> servers IP, which they did.
> 
> I have added a virtual site (using 'server management') with domain name as
> mydomain.com and the hostname set to site1 (Web Access by domain is set OFF)
> 
> Problem is when I go to site1.mydomain.com on my browser I get "Server Not
> Found" error.
> 
> What have I not done? I would have thought that the wildcard entry in the
> DNS would ensure any subdomain requests would get pointed to my server...
> 
> The DNS is enabled on my server, but my domain is set up for my ISPs DNS
> servers.

With all virtual sites on a RaQ, you need to both add the site as well
as create a DNS record for the site, even if it is a subdomain (as I
call it). You need to enter an A record for site1.mydomain.com and point
it to the same IP address as the site. This means your DNS settings
(Under Control Panel in Server Management) for mydomain.com would look
like this:

mydomain.com		-->	IP
site1.mydomain.com	-->	IP
mail.mydomain.com	-->	IP
www.mydomain.com	-->	IP

You can of course host both sites on the same IP address or on their own
IP addresses, whichever you prefer. You can also add:

www.site1.domain.com	-->	IP

I hope this helps.

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Shane Lambert, Owner
Coulee Network Services, LLC
http://www.coulee.net/