[cobalt-users] DNS on a Qube

["Eric Lewis" <lewisdvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This will likely show up twice as I emailed it using the wrong address
yesterday, but here it is again...

Hello all.
I have a Qube2 here set up on a DSL connection, assigned a static IP behind
the Netopia router, and registered with domainpeople as a nameserver on that
IP.

I have a Raq2 colo'd at another location on a T1 with its own IP, where I
host several virtual sites.  I've been using my colo provider's DNS servers,
but in the interest of expanding my knowledge base, I've attempted to set up
my Qube as DNS for a couple of "non production" sites, and I'm pointing them
to the Raq.  I've made sure that the Raq has the sites set up as virtual
sites, identical to the way my production sites are set up.

Problem is, I can't get the sites to come up via domain name.  If I define
the sites in my local PC via the hosts file as the IP of the Raq, I get the
Raq welcome page for the domain so, it would seem that my Raq is working,
but my Qube isn't performing DNS properly.  I've not altered the DNS files
in any form other than using the GUI on the Qube. I also have a domain set
up and have pointed the DNS at the Qube's own IP, and of course, that seems
to work, but the qube isn't reading the httpd.conf file I've edited to point
that domain as a virtual host on the qube, but rather just sends the browser
to the public page and requests a login.

so here are my questions:

What else do I need to do to make the Qube perform properly as a DNS server
besides give it its own static IP, register that IP as a HOST, and assign
foward and reverse settings for the desired IP/domains in the GUI DNS
section? 	BTW, I do have DNS "turned on" via the GUI.

I have previously used this Qube 2 as a virtual host machine ( prior to a
complete restore) so why isn't it accessing the httpd.conf file to find out
where to send the browser via the DocumentRoot directive?  BTW, I have
restarted httpd by "killall -HUP httpd" so the conf file should have been
re-read.

Eric Lewis
lewisdvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx