From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Jul 28 14:50:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA12513 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 14:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nanguo.chalmers.com.au (chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA12508 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 14:50:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by nanguo.chalmers.com.au (Smail3.1.28.1 #8) id m0ukdpa-00027bC; Mon, 29 Jul 96 07:56 EST Message-Id: From: robert@chalmers.com.au (Robert Chalmers) Subject: Trying to understand virtual hosting To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:56:58 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hoping someone can assist me to understand the steps involved in virtual hosting. Have I got the sequence right.? Set up a Zone file for the domain in the DNS records of the Primary DNS. Set up a virtual host.do.main using Listen option in Apache. (Or set up an alias IP within your own IP space,) (Does NSCA do Listen as well, or just bind+IP alias?) register the domain, and point the Nameserver responsible for the host.do.main at your real Nameserver on which the domain has a zone record. for instance, register foo.bar.com as a domain, with a name server of bart.simpson.com, (your actual server). Sometimes I see people referring to running virtual domains/hosts without using bind? I don't understand how that is done. If there is a domain called foo.bar.com, but it is a virtual domain kept on the real host/domain bart.simpson.com, and I'm here in OZ, and I try and locate http://foo.bar.com, it has to be able to find it in the DNService doesn't it ! There has to be a record somewhere pointing foo.bar.com --> bart.simpson.com Thanks for any assistance on this enquiry, Robert -- The China House Sheng Huo Jiu Shi Dou Zheng robert@chalmers.com.au for Whirled Peas http://chalmers.com.au Location: Web Works Whitsunday. 21'7" S, 149'14" E.