[SOLVED] domain to web/subfolder - subdomain to web/subfolder Hello to this wonderfull community I'd like to have some help with my dns and subdomains records first of all sorry for my english i have a domain example.com i wanted to redirect it to a subfolder of the main web folder so the path is web/v4/ so i went to the Redirect tab and i choose Redirect and added the following options Redirect type R,L Redirect Path /v4 i also wanted to keep the /v4/ in the url so i went to the /etc/apache2/sites-avalaible/ and edit the example.com.vhost produced file to look like Code: RewriteEngine on #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC] #RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /v4/$1 [R,L] #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com [NC] #RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /v4/$1 [R,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com.$ [OR] RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.example\.com\/v4" [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com$ RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.example\.com\/v4" [R=301,L] this worked for me fine so wen i type example.com in address bar always redirects me to example.com/v4/ and web site works fine Now in the root folder i have some other folders and i want to create subdomainns to lead in this folders for example subdomain1.example.com to lead in the web/subdomain1 folder can someone help me to do this ? sould i make some dns records also and what type? thank you for your time and plz if you want to help me be as more detailed as you can thanks again
Yes, you must create DNS records for the subdomains, either A records that point to your web site's IP address, or CNAME records that point to your main domain (example.com).
question falko thank you for your reply Do i have also create a new web site from Sites - Websites - Add new website ? or create a Subdomain for website from Sites - Subdomain for website - Add new subdomain ? with a domain subdomain1.example.com or it will work only with a A name or CNAME ? if i create a DNS A record should i put in the Hostname field subdomain1.example.com. and in the IP-Address the server ip ? also for a CNAME record should i put in the Hostname field subdomain1 and in the Target Hostname example.com. ? the procedure can someone be more detailed please? thanks again
Yes, you have to somehow create that subdomain, either as a web site of its own or as a subdomain to an existing web site, but that depends on how you want to use the subdomain. First you have to find out who controls the nameservers for your domain - if your ISPConfig servers are not authoritative for your domain, then it makes no sense to create DNS records on the ISPConfig server; you must create the records on the authoritative nameservers. You can find them out by running Code: dig ns example.com
What is the difference ? i want to have a subdomain to lead to a folder that it has a new web site (some html files ) and i want to keep subdomain1.expample.com in the url. And also make it work with www. in front of it. I control the name servers. Ι want to know witch procedure to follow. I have bought the manual but i don't understand completely the procedure to create subdomains. Thank you for your patience
If you like to have a subdomain which has its own folder for html files, then you create a nwe website and enter "sub.domain.com" in the domain field. The subdomain function is only used to point a domain to a existing website as additional domain. This option is used if you run a cms system in that website which handles the content for multiple domains.
Ok i understand this now And i have also create a DNS record, right? What kind? a CNAME or A record ? if it is A name record in hostname field i put sub.domain.com. and after the ip if it is CNAME i put in hostname sub and in target hostname domain.com. right ? the dns record should be created in the same DNS zone of the domain.com zone ? thanks again
yes. Both will work. Personally I prefer to use a a-record. yes. Alternatively you can also use: host: sub ip: ip-address as every record can be defined in short form (sub) or long form (sub.domain.com.). The long form ends always with a dot. yes.
last question i swear the dns record should be created in the same DNS zone of the domain.com zone ? thanks
www ? i created a new website in Domain is subdomain.domain.com in Auto-Subdomain is www. i also created a A dns record with subdomain.domain.com and the ip-address everything is fine now except one thing i can access my site by typing subdomain.domain.com when i type www.subdomain.domain.com i got a Server not found in firefox * in the DNS zone records allready exists a A record with Hostname www and the ip-address any suggestions ? thanks
