Re: [cobalt-users] DNS on a Qube2

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Lewis wrote:

> 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.

Is it "NATted"?  Or does the IP# go directly to your Qube?

> 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.

Let's find out.  Send us (or me, offlist, if you'd prefer) a site,
complete with IP# and domain name, and I'll do some "dig"ging into your
Qube to see what I can see.

> 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.

You shouldn't have to do that while using the gui.  As I recall, you
should use "kill" and not "killall", but I'm not sure if it makes a
"bad" difference.

Contact me onlist or offlist if you'd like, and I'll try to help you.

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Jeff
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