How to configure a webhop with BIND?

[Kevin Darcy]

Saša Stupar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I use BIND as a local DNS server for 200 users. Now I am in situation
> that I need to use a webhop since I need to change listening port on
> apache to other than 80 ( I have another application which need to use
> only port 80).
> How do I configure webhop for my eg. local.domain to local.domain:10080?
>
>   
Unless your users' browsers support SRV records (highly unlikely), you 
can't do this with DNS.

If you can't configure that "other" application to do virtual hosting, 
at least to the extent of performing an HTTP-level redirect to the 
Apache instance, then certain other types of intermediate devices, such 
as load-balancers, can also provide the service as an HTTP-level 
redirect. And then, of course, there is PAT (port address translation), 
implemented on a load-balancer, firewall, or similar device, which 
accomplishes this transparently.

It might be easier to config another interface on the box and have 
Apache listen on that one. This presumes, however, that the "other" app 
is also configurable to listen only on specific interfaces.

- Kevin