DNS Internal Websites
Bunert
I interanally host several items reachable externally on the Internet:
www.name1.com
ftp.name1.com
other.name1.com
www.name2.com
ftp.name2.com
other.name2.com
..
www.name25.com
ftp.name25.com
ie, multiple domains, services, functions
etc, etc, etc
To make these accessible internally, I would create a forward lookup zone
for name1.com and enter records & ips for www, ftp, other1, other2, etc, etc
Is there any easier way of accomodating this instead of creat 25+ forward
lookup & their associated records?
Lukas Beeler
> Is there any easier way of accomodating this instead of creat 25+ forward
> lookup & their associated records?
Don't solve this in DNS. Configure your router to make the
external addresses work.
Bunert
news:20070319185...@yuffie.projectdream.org...>
> Don't solve this in DNS. Configure your router to make the
> external addresses work.
I'm not a router expert and I am told allowing loopback is not a preferred
method?
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
In news:OnpPVpAb...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Bunert <rize...@yahoo.com> typed:
Most routers do not support NAT loopbacks, anyway.
If all 25 domains have the same records in them, create the first zone
domain1.com as a standard primary, (Do not store in AD). This will create a
text based dns record in the %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\dns directory. Create
your records in the zone, on the next zone, when you get to the page in the
wizard to create a new zone file domain2.com.dns, select the radial button
to use existing file domain1.com.dns, etc, etc ,etc until you have created
all the zones.
The part that you may like about this (or may not if all records are not the
same name+IP), when you make a change, do it on the first zone, then right
click on the zone and select "Update server data file". On the rest of the
zones, right click on them and select "Reload" and wa la! (You can also
restart the DNS Service) You have just made a mass change to all zones with
one edit.
Is that not just so cool or what?
******Method 2*******
Another way you can do this is after you create the first zone, open
regedit, go to this key:
Win2k:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Zones
Win2k3:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DNS
Server\Zones
Locate and select the zone key (Make sure you select the key with the zone
name) for the zone you just created, then click on "File> Export"
Save it as zonetemplate.reg.
Then right click on the zone template you just created, and select "Edit"
Find this line:
Win2k:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Zones\domain1.com
Change to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Zones\domain2.com
Win2k3:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DNS
Server\Zones\wftx.org
Change to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DNS
Server\Zones\<yournewdomainname>
Save the file and double click it to enter it into the registry, after you
have done all the zones, restart the DNS server to load the zones.
You can edit one, then do "Save as" domain2.com, domain3.com, etc. until you
have created a registry file for each zone and double click each of the
files or use a batch file to enter them.
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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <ad...@nospam.WFTX.US> wrote in message
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> Most routers do not support NAT loopbacks, anyway.
>
> If all 25 domains have the same records in them, create the first zone
> domain1.com as a standard primary, (Do not store in AD). This will create
> a
> text based dns record in the %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\dns directory. Create
> your records in the zone, on the next zone, when you get to the page in
> the
> wizard to create a new zone file domain2.com.dns, select the radial button
> to use existing file domain1.com.dns, etc, etc ,etc until you have created
> all the zones.
>
> The part that you may like about this (or may not if all records are not
> the
> same name+IP), when you make a change, do it on the first zone, then right
> click on the zone and select "Update server data file". On the rest of the
> zones, right click on them and select "Reload" and wa la! (You can also
> restart the DNS Service) You have just made a mass change to all zones
> with
> one edit.
> Is that not just so cool or what?
Thanks for the info. It is actually very cool. If this is the only way I can
go then it does shave off at least some time. Its roughly 50/50 whether the
domains, IPs and services are the same. It sound like the only option I have
though so its definately better. Thanks again!!