A very easy question (I hope)
for example, domain xyz.com should end up bringing up website abc.com (with abc.com in the bowser address bar).
I'm using debian/apache2
Now, I could go & make a ton of websites with a redirect on them, but then I'd have to add a ton of sites into sites_available virtual host entries, plus make a bunch of redirects.
Is there an easier way, perhaps with dns?
I'm a bit of a noob here, so syntax would be most helpful.
thanks!
7 Replies
abc.com. A 12.34.56.78
uvw.com. CNAME abc.com.
xyz.com. CNAME abc.com.
@pclissold:
Use DNS:
abc.com. A 12.34.56.78 uvw.com. CNAME abc.com. xyz.com. CNAME abc.com.
perfect. thanks !
@pclissold:
Use DNS:
abc.com. A 12.34.56.78 uvw.com. CNAME abc.com. xyz.com. CNAME abc.com.
That would only work if placed in the .com zone, which is probably exceedingly unlikely. Also, it wouldn't solve the telling-Apache-about-it problem.
You're going to end up needing to create each domain individually in the DNS manager, but you can use ServerAlias in Apache to specify alternate names for a virtual host:
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerAlias example.org
ServerAlias www.example.org
...
I believe there's an option in Apache that'll have it redirect requests for ServerAliases to the ServerName, too, but it's been awhile and I can't recall what it is. (If not, mod_redirect would work too.)
@mactac:
for example, domain xyz.com should end up bringing up website abc.com (with abc.com in the bowser address bar).
This part won't work with pure DNS, will it?. I think you're gonna have to do Apache redirects.
@pclissold:
Use DNS:
uvw.com. CNAME abc.com. xyz.com. CNAME abc.com.
The DNS Manager won't let you do specifically that, due to a strict reading ofsection 2.4. If it were RFC 1912www.uvw.com , it would work.
@jed:
@pclissold:Use DNS:
uvw.com. CNAME abc.com. xyz.com. CNAME abc.com.
The DNS Manager won't let you do specifically that, due to a strict reading ofsection 2.4. If it were RFC 1912www.uvw.com , it would work.
I took the examples from mactac's question – I should have been more careful / specific.