One question I have is this:

How can one set up DNS on one’s development computer such that

– multiple Apache web server instances can be accomodated, each listening on different ports
– custome TLD’s can be created for use within the the computer (ex. “.foo”)

For example, I am running Bind 9 on my MS Windows XP Pro development laptop. I have two instances of Apache running, an instance of Tomcat, and SSL on port 443 which maps to one of the apache doc roots.

CURRENT SETUP
=============

IP ADDRESS SERVER INSTANCE DOMAIN NAME DOCUMENT ROOT FOLDER
———- ————— ———– ——————–
127.0.0.1:80 Apache 2.0.0.59 http://bluenote/ c:\http\www1

127.0.0.1:8888 Apache 2.2.11 http://bluenote:8888/ c:\http\www2
127.0.0.1:443 Apache 2.2.11 (SSL) https://bluenote/ c:\http\www2

127.0.0.1:8080 Apache Tomcat http://bluenote:8080/ c:\http\www3

Right now, I have to browse each site by using the “bluentoe” domain and appending a port number. I’d like to create different domains and sub domains mapped to each ip/port to facilitate development, especially with SSL certificates. I cannot simply modify the “hosts” file because the hosts file does not support IP addresses with a port number appended to them. For example, I CANNOT do the following with the windows hosts file:

127.0.0.1 bluenote.foo
127.0.0.1:8888 secure.bluenote.foo # (http) only
127.0.0.1:443 secure.bluenote.foo # (https)
127.0.0.1:8080 otherdomain.foo

You can probably see what I’m trying to do. I want to create a made-up top level domain for use only on my development computer. Specifically, I want to do some testing with SSL certificates. Different internal domain names need to map to different instances of multiple webservers which listen on different ports.

Anyone have any ideas? I am at my wits end trying to figure this out so any help is GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Bryce

I found another post with the same problem but no solutions suggested. Any help appreciated.

P.S. I downloaded version 9.6 from isc site.

i just tried nslookup and dig, and it works fine

nslookup http://www.yahoo.com

Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com
Address: 209.131.36.158
Aliases: http://www.yahoo.com, http://www.wa1.b.yahoo.com

dig http://www.yahoo.com

; < <>> DiG 9.5.0-P1 < <>> http://www.yahoo.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER< <- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1303
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.yahoo.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
http://www.yahoo.com. 273 IN CNAME http://www.wa1.b.yahoo.com.
http://www.wa1.b.yahoo.com. 38 IN CNAME www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com.
www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com. 37 IN A 209.131.36.158

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
wa1.b.yahoo.com. 97 IN NS yf2.yahoo.com.
wa1.b.yahoo.com. 97 IN NS yf1.yahoo.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
yf1.yahoo.com. 1274 IN A 68.142.254.15
yf2.yahoo.com. 1757 IN A 68.180.130.15

;; Query time: 15 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 28 09:45:16 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 162

C:\>nslookup
*** Can’t find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Server failed
Default Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

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Any ideas how to fix this?

Based from that page, i’m guessing that you’re experiencing the same problem like on that page too (although it’s for sql server)

So try to check the ISC Bind service logon to use the username created specifically for Bind (the installation process ask you this) and don’t forget to use the same password when creating the BIND service

Thank you. I am facing the problem to host the webpage with my own computer. I would try to set it up according to your great guidelines.

Try my best now.

Thank you so much for this tutorial.. I was searching for a way to make a caching server on windows for a long time.