[BlueOnyx:04867] Re: vsite resolving to first site

[David Booth]

From: Kirk Gildroy 
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 7:58 AM
To: blueonyx at blueonyx.it 
Subject: [BlueOnyx:04862] Re: vsite resolving to first site


I appreciate the prompt reply.  I do have DNS entries with Network Solutions for both www.mydomainname.org and mydomainname.org for outside resolution and I also have them entered on my Win2k3 inside DNS servers for inside resolution.  Hit the FQDN of www.mydomainname.org and I hit the proper site so Apache must be resolving properly at that point but why not for mydomainname.org?
 
> From: mstauber at blueonyx.it
> To: blueonyx at blueonyx.it
> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 23:01:27 +0200
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:04860] Re: vsite resolving to first site
> 
> Hi Kirk,
> 
> > I have two sites on a box sharing the same IP address as the box itself. 
> > I do not have DNS enabled on the box although all the entries for the
> > sites are in the primary services via Automatic DNS setting in Site
> > Management. The problem is that trying to hit the second site using
> > domain only (no www), it gets redirected to first site. I have eliminated
> > anything external by plugging directly into the box and putting the proper
> > entries into the windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file. Any help is
> > much appreciated.
> 
> It is a DNS issue. When you have multiple sites on the same IP, then Apache 
> needs to resolve the DNS in order to be able to redirect your visit to the 
> desired page.
> 
> If it cannot resolve the domain name, then it will simply point the visit to 
> the primary site instead.
> 
> Entering the domain name into your Windows host file will not help, as Apache 
> on your server still needs to be able to resove the DNS and if the domain you 
> want to browse to has no correct DNS entries, then this won't work.
> 
> Work around: 
> 
> 1.) Under "System Settings" / "TCP/IP" enter the IP address of your server as 
> DNS server.
> 
> 2.) Activat the DNS server on your BlueOnyx.
> 
> 3.) Create DNS records for your Domain based on this guide
> 
> http://www.solarspeed.net/otrs/public.pl?Action=PublicFAQ&CategoryID=3&ItemID=16
> 
> 4.) Configure your Windows network so that it uses the BlueOnyx DNS server for 
> all DNS queries.
> 
> Then it should work until you get official DNS entries somewhere upsteam.
> 
> -- 
> With best regards
> 
> Michael Stauber


You must include mydomainname.org as a web server alias for www.mydomainname.org
Do this in Site Management - Services - Web - Web server aliases

If you want other.mydomainname.org to resolve to www.mydomainname.org then include that too, and add an A record in DNS for it with the same IP address.
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