RE: forwarding @ to a different domain?
Just as a follow on to that prior thread. I was able to setup the CNAME for www and * at the Registrar without A records as indicated. Unfortunately the * at registrar equated to *. Meaning for example ftp.mydomain.com would work with that CNAME but the domain itself, mydomain.com, would not. Despite the ecommerce vendor (Amazon ultimately) saying one should NOT setup A records their response to us was to leave the two CNAMES (www and *) in place and setup an 3 A records for the domain itself. -Original Message- From: bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of /dev/rob0 Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 6:33 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: forwarding @ to a different domain? On Sunday 08 January 2012 09:48:42 enigmedia wrote: Hi All: I have a situation where I need to forward requests for mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to a third party: mydomain.com is a real domain, and probably not yours. If for some reason you do not want to mention your real domain name, use example.com (or example.TLD for most top-level domains), which is reserved for examples. mydomain.myshopify.com (while still pointing other things like MX records elsewhere). I realize I can point a CNAME for WWW to mydomain.myshopify.com, but how do I point mydomain.com to this third party if there is no A record to point to? This is beginning to be a FAQ here, perhaps due to the popularity of such hosting services (which seem to have been designed by people who have a poor understanding of DNS.) This was my reply in a thread last month; refer to the entire thread for more: https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2011-December/085918.html -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if /dev/rob0 is in the Subject: ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users Athena(r), Created for the Cause(tm) Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. -- ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
www in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. mydomain.com. in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. Is this what you are looking for? 8.1.2012 17:48, enigmedia kirjoitti: Hi All: I have a situation where I need to forward requests for mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to a third party: mydomain.myshopify.com (while still pointing other things like MX records elsewhere). I realize I can point a CNAME for WWW to mydomain.myshopify.com, but how do I point mydomain.com to this third party if there is no A record to point to? TIA ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
You can't cnane mydomain.com to anything because it has, at the minimum, ns and soa records. -Ben Croswell On Jan 8, 2012 1:11 PM, Jukka Pakkanen jukka.pakka...@qnet.fi wrote: www in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. mydomain.com. in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. Is this what you are looking for? 8.1.2012 17:48, enigmedia kirjoitti: Hi All: I have a situation where I need to forward requests for mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to a third party: mydomain.myshopify.com (while still pointing other things like MX records elsewhere). I realize I can point a CNAME for WWW to mydomain.myshopify.com, but how do I point mydomain.com to this third party if there is no A record to point to? TIA __**_ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-usersto unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users __**_ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-usersto unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:00:07 +0200 Jukka Pakkanen jukka.pakka...@qnet.fi wrote www in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. mydomain.com. in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. Is this what you are looking for? Yes, but I thought you couldn't use a cname for the root record of the domain? 8.1.2012 17:48, enigmedia kirjoitti: Hi All: I have a situation where I need to forward requests for mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to a third party: mydomain.myshopify.com (while still pointing other things like MX records elsewhere). I realize I can point a CNAME for WWW to mydomain.myshopify.com, but how do I point mydomain.com to this third party if there is no A record to point to? TIA ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:20:56 -0500 Ben Croswell ben.crosw...@gmail.com wrote You can't cnane mydomain.com to anything because it has, at the minimum, ns and soa records. -Ben Croswell Thanks Ben...that's what I thought. So just to ask the question another way: How do I point requests for http://mydomain.com; and http://www.mydomain.com; to http://mydomain.myshopify.com;? Or is there no way to do this in DNS, and I need to instead point the domain to my webserver and set up a permanent redirect there? On Jan 8, 2012 1:11 PM, Jukka Pakkanen jukka.pakka...@qnet.fi wrote: www in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. mydomain.com. in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. Is this what you are looking for? 8.1.2012 17:48, enigmedia kirjoitti: Hi All: I have a situation where I need to forward requests for mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to a third party: mydomain.myshopify.com (while still pointing other things like MX records elsewhere). I realize I can point a CNAME for WWW to mydomain.myshopify.com, but how do I point mydomain.com to this third party if there is no A record to point to? TIA __**_ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mai lman/listinfo/bind-usersto unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mai lman/listinfo/bind-users __**_ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mai lman/listinfo/bind-usersto unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/**listinfo/bind-usershttps://lists.isc.org/mai lman/listinfo/bind-users ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
8.1.2012 19:02, enigmedia (onl) kirjoitti: On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:00:07 +0200 Jukka Pakkanen jukka.pakka...@qnet.fi wrote www in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. mydomain.com. in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. Is this what you are looking for? Yes, but I thought you couldn't use a cname for the root record of the domain? Oh yeas... I confused this to pointing the domain to an IP address / A record. Is an A record pointing to the server and a dedicated IP address there an option? ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
8.1.2012 20:46, Jukka Pakkanen kirjoitti: 8.1.2012 19:02, enigmedia (onl) kirjoitti: On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:00:07 +0200 Jukka Pakkanen jukka.pakka...@qnet.fi wrote www in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. mydomain.com. in cname mydomain.myshopify.com. Is this what you are looking for? Yes, but I thought you couldn't use a cname for the root record of the domain? Oh yeas... I confused this to pointing the domain to an IP address / A record. Is an A record pointing to the server and a dedicated IP address there an option? Of course don't need to be dedicated address either, but that's the way we usually do it. Helps with the ptr records. ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
On 08/01/2012 17:09, enigmedia (onl) wrote: How do I point requests for http://mydomain.com; and http://www.mydomain.com; to http://mydomain.myshopify.com;? Look up an A record (or ) for mydomain.myshopify.com, then create a similar A (or ) record pointing to the same address in your zone file. If mydomain.myshopify.com is likely to change address (some HA/LB setups can result in this) then you're out of luck, and you'll have to use your webserver to redirect the traffic. Or is there no way to do this in DNS, and I need to instead point the domain to my webserver and set up a permanent redirect there? Yes. That would work, but it means that the people using your site will see the URL change to http://mydomain.myshopify.com/ You might find it better to put the CNAME in for www.mydomain.com pointing at mydomain.myshopify.com and then use a 301 redirect from mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com -- so your users see the site as www.mydomain.com. Wouldn't it be nice if HTTP clients and servers understood _http._tcp.mydomain.com SRV records? That's becoming the standard solution to this sort of problem nowadays, but unfortunately, the HTTP specifications predate that idea and there is no client side support for it generally available. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
Re: forwarding @ to a different domain?
On Sunday 08 January 2012 09:48:42 enigmedia wrote: Hi All: I have a situation where I need to forward requests for mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to a third party: mydomain.com is a real domain, and probably not yours. If for some reason you do not want to mention your real domain name, use example.com (or example.TLD for most top-level domains), which is reserved for examples. mydomain.myshopify.com (while still pointing other things like MX records elsewhere). I realize I can point a CNAME for WWW to mydomain.myshopify.com, but how do I point mydomain.com to this third party if there is no A record to point to? This is beginning to be a FAQ here, perhaps due to the popularity of such hosting services (which seem to have been designed by people who have a poor understanding of DNS.) This was my reply in a thread last month; refer to the entire thread for more: https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2011-December/085918.html -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if /dev/rob0 is in the Subject: ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
