Apache name based VirtualHost and DNS

[Kevin Darcy]

Bruce Ordway wrote:

> Hi,
> I've been working on getting Apache running on my RH61 box.
> I wanted to get a couple of site running off of the same ip address.
> I'm using bogus names and numbers on a private LAN.
> Now the Apache is working but the DNS is a little goofy.
>
> NSLookup of www.bordway.org returns name www.bordway.org and address
> 128.1.1.55 OK.
> NSLookup of www.mordway.org returns name of www.mordway.org.bordway.org and
> address of 128.1.1.55.
>
> So it is working but I don't like the looks of that
> www.mordway.org.bordway.org.
>
> Here is my file called db.bordway for translating names to ip addresses:
>
> @  IN SOA rh61.bordway.org. bruceo.bordway.org. (
>    2000012701 ; serial
>    10800 ; refresh
>    3600 ; retry
>    604800 ; expire
>    86400 ; default_ttl
>    )
> @  IN NS rh61.bordway.org.
> @  IN MX 10 rh61.bordway.org.
> ;
> rh61  IN A 128.1.1.55
> mail  IN A 128.1.1.55
> www  IN A 128.1.1.55
> news  IN A 128.1.1.55
> localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
> 3c59x  IN A 10.0.0.4
>
> smoker          IN      A       128.1.1.204
> smoker          IN      MX      10      rh61.bordway.org.
>
> www.mordway.org IN      A       128.1.1.55
> www.mordway.org IN      MX      10      rh61.bordway.org.
>
> Any ideas where I have strayed?

The lack of a trailing period on "www.mordway.org" is what is causing
"bordway.org" to be appended to the name.

More importantly, though, if "mordway.org" is to be a separate zone, it needs
to be in a separate zone file with its own "master" definition in named.conf.
You can't put data from different zones in the same zone file (except for
delegations and/or glue, if you want to be nitpicky about it).


- Kevin