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What DNS servers are used by SME Server?

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2009, 09:04:30 AM »
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My question is that will this 4 subdomains be viewable outside of my local network, would it be viewable in the internet.

No
You need to register domain names for them and configure external DNS records for them.

sme server is not a public DNS server.

Just use a free DNS service like zoneedit.com to setup DNS for those domains.
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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2009, 09:13:05 AM »
You have two options:

1. You can make your SME DNS server publically accessible, and then configure your domain at the registrar to use the SME Server as your DNS server. This way when clients ask for the DNS records for pem.edu.ph, they will be using your SME Server as the root for lookups.

2. You can use your registrar to create the same records again, but point all A records to your Static IP. Then when the request hits the SME Server, it will redirect the client to the appropriate ibay and/or server.

I recommend (2) because your registrar probably has a failover in case their primary DNS server goes down.

ejay69

No
You need to register domain names for them and configure external DNS records for them.

sme server is not a public DNS server.

Just use a free DNS service like zoneedit.com to setup DNS for those domains.


Now, which is which this made me more confuse david says yes AND mary says no! I think David's first suggestion would be okay in my case, so pardon me if I have to ask how do I make my SME DNS Server public. Thanks again for your prompt help

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2009, 09:31:24 AM »
SME Server isn't designed for this scenario, but it can do it AFAIK:

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db configuration setprop dnscache access public
signal-event domain-modify

However, Mary is right -- you still need to use your registrar's control panel to register your SME Server as the DNS server for your domain.

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #33 on: March 27, 2009, 01:50:12 PM »
My question is that will this 4 subdomains be viewable outside of my local network, would it be viewable in the internet.

You've already been told that they won't be.

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #34 on: March 27, 2009, 03:19:46 PM »
You've already been told that they won't be.

Ok. understood it won't. SME was not designed for my scenario. One last question and I need one honest answer so that I will know how to pursue another track. So my scenario is not possible for SME Server but will it be possible for other distros (not out of the box distro such as SME)?

Thanks to the SME Community

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #35 on: March 27, 2009, 03:31:22 PM »
Now, which is which this made me more confuse david says yes AND mary says no! I think David's first suggestion would be okay in my case, so pardon me if I have to ask how do I make my SME DNS Server public. Thanks again for your prompt help

Sounds like a step by step HOW TO for setting up multiple domains is in order here.
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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #36 on: March 27, 2009, 03:48:40 PM »
Setup domains using the Public DNS system. This is a very basic and simple tutorial and anybody can add or correct as they wish :cool:

1. register the domain. (In my case this is mercyh.org and it is registered at godaddy.com)

2. Point the registrar's records to the DNS hosting servers. (This can be servers that are maintained by the registrar or by another company. In my case the DNS records are hosted on Zoneedit.com servers so I point my registrar records to their server's ip addresses.)

3. On the PUBLIC DNS server (for me Zoneedit's server) create your DNS records. (I of course create an A record for mercyh.org, I also create an alias for www.mercyh.org. both of these records point to my SME server's WAN facing IP address.)

I can create as many alias records as I want

As I own all of mercyh.org and all subdomains I can create subdomain addresses that point to the same or different servers. (I can have a subdomain of payment.mercyh.org that points to a different server)

** I can point as many A records at my SME's external IP address as I wish. These can be primary domains or subdomains.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2009, 04:33:03 PM by mercyh »

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #37 on: March 27, 2009, 04:30:29 PM »
On the server above I also host partnersinfamilycare.com. I do not actually control their DNS records. They have simply pointed them to my server's Wan facing IP address using the same procedure outlined above.

On my SME server I simply add the partnersinfamilycare.com domain in the configuration-domains panel in server-manager and point that domain to the Ibay on which their website is hosted. When a request comes in for partnersinfamilycare.com the SME automatically routes it to the correct Ibay and their website is displayed.

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #38 on: March 27, 2009, 06:30:42 PM »
Setup domains using the Public DNS system. This is a very basic and simple tutorial and anybody can add or correct as they wish

Please don't post documentation here. Please ensure that the users manual and wiki and FAQ are complete and accurate. Anything posted here will soon be lost.

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #39 on: March 27, 2009, 07:45:33 PM »
Please don't post documentation here. Please ensure that the users manual and wiki and FAQ are complete and accurate. Anything posted here will soon be lost.

I couldn't agree more.

To me this is basic NON SME dns documentation. I would be fine adding it to our documents but posted it more for the benefit of the OP. I think sites such as dnsstuff.com or any of the many other sites that deal with documentation of how the WWW works are a better place for people to get this information

If anyone has a suggestion where this should be in the FAQ, HOW TO's, etc. I would be glad to add it.

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #40 on: March 29, 2009, 07:01:58 AM »
Someone should really create a DNS howto. I've seen a number of DNS-related queries here over the last little while.

There should be two things: as an FAQ, it should just show how to create the necessary zone records to point to the SME Server for web and email services, i.e.

* A record myserver.mydomain.com
* CNAME record *.mydomain.com > myserver.mydomain.com [catch-all]
* MX record > myserver.mydomain.com

The second thing would be a howto to explain some of the various advanced DNS setups that there can be.
« Last Edit: March 29, 2009, 07:06:58 AM by David Harper »

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #41 on: March 29, 2009, 07:17:47 AM »

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #42 on: August 09, 2012, 03:47:49 AM »
This is what I observed for a people like you guys who are very techy minded...

I admit that I was so amazed by Linux technology and people like me who was a dumb but technology enthusiast wanted to know each and every details of Linux technology but the sad portion was the "SUPPORT"

When we ask a support here in the forum coz we assume that you guys "TECHY PEOPLE" would give us a "INSTANT" procedure/steps/how'tos that the only thing we do is to follow those instructions but what happened?

You give us another link to read!

The reason why we are here to get "INSTANT" information not give us another link for us to do ourselves, I mean we're not like you GUYS...

We're DUMB but curious...

No wonder why so many people like Microsoft and Mac not because of their FANCY APPS and FEATURES but for their HUGE Support for their clients...

I know LINUX si FREE and I agree that before but I realized now that LINUX is only for GEEK...

I don't wanna be GEEK, I just want to KNOW EASY/SIMPLE/STEP-BY-STEP details to follow and I know this is SPOON-FEEDING alike but who will get BENEFIT for these? It's US and we'll use this for other people and for the next generation...

"NOBODY HAS THE MONOPOLY ON GOOD IDEAS, ANYBODY CAN COME UP WITH GOOD IDEAS"

G-d Bless...

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Re: What DNS servers are used by SME Server?
« Reply #43 on: August 09, 2012, 04:27:40 AM »
[m364n0]

You have jumped in on a very old post with a whinge, far better you start a new thread with a specific problem or question, having told us concisely what you have done and why it did not not achieve what you wanted etc etc

You seem to think people here have nothing else to do all day but answer questions in a detailed way for your benefit.
We are all busy doing our own lives, but we do choose to contribute a lot of time to help people like yourself, but we can only give so much, and we do expect users to show some degree of "self help" etc.

It is pointless repeating or recreating what has already been published, every time someone asks the same or similar question.
Where existing documentation appears to answer your needs, then you will be referred to it. That's how it is, there is no point writing a new set of instructions where they already exist.

You do need to go away and read what you have been referred to and if you do not understand it or have further queries, then come back with follow up questions.

No one likes a whinger, so show us you have an intent of interest and we will help you as much as our valuable and limited time allows.

Please understand that.
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