We are wanting to configure DNS on a windows 2003 server which for testing
will also be hosting an apache website.

I have the appropriate mappings configured on my firewall and can access the
site via IP from the outside world. I have installed the DNS service and
configured a new primary zone named mydomain.net (using my real domain name,
obviously). I have created an alias (CNAME) called 'www' I then entered the
hostname of the dns server in the fqdn field. Is this all I should need to
input in order for the hostname to resolve? Do I need other entries? I know
about the MX record for email but I am focused on just getting the site
resolving first. Do I need an A record or anything or is the single CNAME
record of www all I need?

Thanks

Any one?

"JT" <jt@hasno.mail> wrote in message
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> We are wanting to configure DNS on a windows 2003 server which for testing
> will also be hosting an apache website.
>
> I have the appropriate mappings configured on my firewall and can access
> the site via IP from the outside world. I have installed the DNS service
> and configured a new primary zone named mydomain.net (using my real domain
> name, obviously). I have created an alias (CNAME) called 'www' I then
> entered the hostname of the dns server in the fqdn field. Is this all I
> should need to input in order for the hostname to resolve? Do I need other
> entries? I know about the MX record for email but I am focused on just
> getting the site resolving first. Do I need an A record or anything or is
> the single CNAME record of www all I need?
>
> Thanks
>

Read inline please.

In news:%235DfDEurHHA.4992@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
JT <jt@hasno.mail> typed:
> We are wanting to configure DNS on a windows 2003 server which for
> testing will also be hosting an apache website.
>
> I have the appropriate mappings configured on my firewall and can
> access the site via IP from the outside world. I have installed the
> DNS service and configured a new primary zone named mydomain.net
> (using my real domain name, obviously). I have created an alias
> (CNAME) called 'www' I then entered the hostname of the dns server
> in the fqdn field. Is this all I should need to input in order for
> the hostname to resolve? Do I need other entries? I know about the MX
> record for email but I am focused on just getting the site resolving
> first. Do I need an A record or anything or is the single CNAME
> record of www all I need?

CNAMES must point to an A record that has the IP of the server you are
resolving. If you are pointing the CNAME to the DNS server's host name, then
that is the IP the CNAME will resolve to, provided that host name has an A
record.



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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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