2003 DNS record

25 Mar 2005 5:31 PM

Peter Parker

Everyone,

I've installed some web based software on a new 2003 server with AD. I
would like to enter a DNS record so that users can enter a name (that of
the software application) rather than the IP address or machine name to
reach to the web app. I'm not sure which type of record or where to
enter it (in forward or reverse lookup)?

I hope I've provided enough information.

Thanks,

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Peter Parker

25 Mar 2005 8:14 PM

Scott Napolitan [MSFT]

Peter Parker wrote:

> Everyone,
>
> I've installed some web based software on a new 2003 server with AD. I
> would like to enter a DNS record so that users can enter a name (that of
> the software application) rather than the IP address or machine name to
> reach to the web app. I'm not sure which type of record or where to
> enter it (in forward or reverse lookup)?
>
> I hope I've provided enough information.
>
> Thanks,

You probably want to create a CNAME record for the web site on your DNS
Server in the forward lookup zone fo that Domain. I'm assuming that you
already have an A record for the server itself in DNS, but now you want
to be able to provide a "web friendly" name. Fr this you want a CNAME
Record.

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25 Mar 2005 8:44 PM

Peter Parker

On 03/25/2005 2:14 PM, Scott Napolitan [MSFT] pondered briefly and then
wrote:

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> Peter Parker wrote:
>> Everyone,
>>
>> I've installed some web based software on a new 2003 server with AD. I
>> would like to enter a DNS record so that users can enter a name (that of
>> the software application) rather than the IP address or machine name to
>> reach to the web app. I'm not sure which type of record or where to
>> enter it (in forward or reverse lookup)?
>>
>> I hope I've provided enough information.
>>
>> Thanks,
> You probably want to create a CNAME record for the web site on your DNS
> Server in the forward lookup zone fo that Domain. I'm assuming that you
> already have an A record for the server itself in DNS, but now you want
> to be able to provide a "web friendly" name. Fr this you want a CNAME
> Record.

That's exactly what I was trying to accomplish and adding the CNAME
record worked perfectly.

Thanks for your assistance.

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Peter Parker
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