Re: Friendly URL for intranet apps

[Tom P]

Cheers Ken. What happens to the URL the user seen going forward in this
case? The friendly URL or serverA/serverB?

On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 21:12, Ken Schaefer  wrote:

> You do this in DNS
>
>
>
> You’d have records for:
>
> ServerA -> IP address
>
> ServerB -> IP address
>
> Already, so that browsers can find ServerA and ServerB.
>
>
>
> In the same DNS zone (if you are using AD at work, then you already most
> likely have Microsoft DNS running to support that AD domain), create a
> CNAME record that points “myapp” -> A record for ServerA or ServerB.
>
> CNAME is effectively an alias record that points to another record
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  *On
> Behalf Of *Tom P
> *Sent:* Friday, 20 September 2019 3:05 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet 
> *Subject:* Friendly URL for intranet apps
>
>
>
> Hi folks
>
>
>
> I’m moving an intranet app from an old server to a new server. Currently
> the users access the site with a URL like http://*serverA*/appName/
> <http://serverA/appName/>.
>
>
>
> The issue is now that I’m moving the app the server name in the URL will
> change to http://*serverB*/appName <http://serverB/appName>.
>
>
>
> All the users are forced to update their bookmarks which is a bit lame in
> my view.
>
>
>
> I’m sure this isn’t a new issue. What is a good way to handle this?
>
>
>
> Would be good to have a URL like http://myapp.mydomain.com.au but where
> would this be set up? In IIS somewhere? DNS entry? How and where to set it
> up?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> --
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
-- 
Thanks
Tom

RE: Friendly URL for intranet apps

[Ken Schaefer]

You do this in DNS

You’d have records for:
ServerA -> IP address
ServerB -> IP address
Already, so that browsers can find ServerA and ServerB.

In the same DNS zone (if you are using AD at work, then you already most likely 
have Microsoft DNS running to support that AD domain), create a CNAME record 
that points “myapp” -> A record for ServerA or ServerB.
CNAME is effectively an alias record that points to another record

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com  On Behalf 
Of Tom P
Sent: Friday, 20 September 2019 3:05 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: Friendly URL for intranet apps

Hi folks

I’m moving an intranet app from an old server to a new server. Currently the 
users access the site with a URL like http://serverA/appName/.

The issue is now that I’m moving the app the server name in the URL will change 
to http://serverB/appName.

All the users are forced to update their bookmarks which is a bit lame in my 
view.

I’m sure this isn’t a new issue. What is a good way to handle this?

Would be good to have a URL like http://myapp.mydomain.com.au but where would 
this be set up? In IIS somewhere? DNS entry? How and where to set it up?

Cheers
--
Thanks
Tom

Re: Friendly URL for intranet apps

[David Rhys Jones]

Hi,
Also check to see if the web server, iis or other, is accepting All ips or
named Ips.  you might have to add   http://servera  to the list of bindings.

Davy.

David JONES
djones...@gmail.com
+33 7 66 42 54 07


+33 6 52 03 96 70



On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 1:51 AM Tom P  wrote:

> Cheers. Will speak to the admin about setting this up.
>
> On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 15:13, DotNet Dude  wrote:
>
>> An A or CNAME dns record can do what you want
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 15:04, Tom P  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>> I’m moving an intranet app from an old server to a new server. Currently
>>> the users access the site with a URL like http://*serverA*/appName/.
>>>
>>> The issue is now that I’m moving the app the server name in the URL will
>>> change to http://*serverB*/appName.
>>>
>>> All the users are forced to update their bookmarks which is a bit lame
>>> in my view.
>>>
>>> I’m sure this isn’t a new issue. What is a good way to handle this?
>>>
>>> Would be good to have a URL like http://myapp.mydomain.com.au but where
>>> would this be set up? In IIS somewhere? DNS entry? How and where to set it
>>> up?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>> --
>>> Thanks
>>> Tom
>>>
>> --
> Thanks
> Tom
>

Re: Friendly URL for intranet apps

[Tom P]

Cheers. Will speak to the admin about setting this up.

On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 15:13, DotNet Dude  wrote:

> An A or CNAME dns record can do what you want
>
> On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 15:04, Tom P  wrote:
>
>> Hi folks
>>
>> I’m moving an intranet app from an old server to a new server. Currently
>> the users access the site with a URL like http://*serverA*/appName/.
>>
>> The issue is now that I’m moving the app the server name in the URL will
>> change to http://*serverB*/appName.
>>
>> All the users are forced to update their bookmarks which is a bit lame in
>> my view.
>>
>> I’m sure this isn’t a new issue. What is a good way to handle this?
>>
>> Would be good to have a URL like http://myapp.mydomain.com.au but where
>> would this be set up? In IIS somewhere? DNS entry? How and where to set it
>> up?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
> --
>> Thanks
>> Tom
>>
> --
Thanks
Tom

Re: Friendly URL for intranet apps

[DotNet Dude]

An A or CNAME dns record can do what you want

On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 15:04, Tom P  wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> I’m moving an intranet app from an old server to a new server. Currently
> the users access the site with a URL like http://*serverA*/appName/.
>
> The issue is now that I’m moving the app the server name in the URL will
> change to http://*serverB*/appName.
>
> All the users are forced to update their bookmarks which is a bit lame in
> my view.
>
> I’m sure this isn’t a new issue. What is a good way to handle this?
>
> Would be good to have a URL like http://myapp.mydomain.com.au but where
> would this be set up? In IIS somewhere? DNS entry? How and where to set it
> up?
>
> Cheers
> --
> Thanks
> Tom
>

Friendly URL for intranet apps

[Tom P]

Hi folks

I’m moving an intranet app from an old server to a new server. Currently
the users access the site with a URL like http://*serverA*/appName/.

The issue is now that I’m moving the app the server name in the URL will
change to http://*serverB*/appName.

All the users are forced to update their bookmarks which is a bit lame in
my view.

I’m sure this isn’t a new issue. What is a good way to handle this?

Would be good to have a URL like http://myapp.mydomain.com.au but where
would this be set up? In IIS somewhere? DNS entry? How and where to set it
up?

Cheers
-- 
Thanks
Tom