Re: [cobalt-users] Appliance Firewall and One to One Nat

["Chris L" <clathem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The one problem that you have is what I am asking about. Before I move the
> domain I want the client to be able to go directly to the particular site
on
> the ip to check everything out (The sites will have there own dedicated IP
> address). There are already 6 sites running virtually with names without a
> hitch.
> Chris, what do you mean by MIP on your firewall? We have a /20 submitted
on
> the outside that directly relates to an internal address (example
> xxx.180.240.7  points to  192.168.240.7) So the raq4 has the 192 address
but
> doesn't understand from the outside when someone enters in the
xxx.180.240.7
> address without a name. I hope that clarifies. Also don't forget I really
am
> a newbie trying to accomplish this as easily as possible.


This is a way you can do what you want, but by hostname rather than IP.

Add a DNS entry for www2.domain.tld (or whatever other name you want it to
be) to the site's DNS records and point it to the new IP of the site.

Add the name you chose to the site config as a web server alias so the
cobalt answers the request with the right site.

Have the client verify everything using the new DNS entry for the site.

Once the client has approved things, change the other DNS entries to point
to the newly moved site.

Remove the "test" DNS record and remove the entry from the aliases setup for
that site.

This should get you where you want to be.

Regards,
Chris