ISPConfig DNS and virtual host configuration tips and problem After serveral iterations of attempting to manually and automagically configure elements to support ISPConfig, I have come to realize ISPConfig has its own idea of what settings /etc/bind/named.conf, /etc/bind/pri.yourhostname.ext and etc/apache2/vhots/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf should have. Although the majority of the work is done automagically, there appear to be anomolies that are imposed that cause trouble in an installation that is somewhat different from the perceived norm. I am running a Ubuntu server two routers from the WAN (public Internet). The border router assigns "sticky" public IP's and firwall settings imposed on the internal routers (temporarily DMZ'd for install and test). The internal routers run NAT, also temporarily DMZ'd to specific server for install and test. A static LAN address is assigned to the Ubuntu server. During this installation and testing phase, the Internet feed is unincumbered by configurations on the two routers. There are a few tips I can pass on to anyone having a similar network topology. > /etc/bind/named.conf : check for unintended master/slave duplications caused by multiple attemts to reconfigure through ISPConfig interface. > /etc/bind/pri.yourhostname.ext : host IP address should be public internet address. > /etc/apache2/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf : Virtual host IP address must use internal LAN address. > /etc/apache2/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf : the ServerAlias sometimes gets corrupted with the host server name. Make sure ServerAlias line represents aliases specific to the virtual name. > /etc/apache2/httpd.conf : ServerName <yourserver FQDN> should be either in this file or appear in one of the other Apache.conf files. Now, for a problem I haven't been able to figger out. nslookup <hosted.virtual.domainname> rotates resolving DNS server names. The responding DNS names are the names of the virtuals hosted on the server. So, as the command is executed several times, the name of the responding server rotates through what appears to be the list of hosted virtual servers. Does anybody know where to look to fix that? Thanks!
Can you post several outputs of that command and mark what is worrying you so that we can understand better?
Sounds like your setup for round robin DNS. If the same host has two IP address', it will rotate them for you, poor mans load balancing.
Examples nslookup is using the internal address of the ISPConfig/Ubuntu computer that hosts virtuals. Notice the responding server is named several different virtuals for the same name lookup. Z:\>nslookup d-fwhomes.com Server: www.metrorent.net Address: 192.168.1.2 Name: d-fwhomes.com Address: 70.250.17.121 Z:\>nslookup d-fwhomes.com Server: www.cormtna.org Address: 192.168.1.2 Name: d-fwhomes.com Address: 70.250.17.121 Z:\>nslookup d-fwhomes.com Server: onehomesystem.com Address: 192.168.1.2 Name: d-fwhomes.com Address: 70.250.17.121
Ah, so each of the domains has a reverse pointer for their IP. If you just want one answer, you may have to remove the other reverses. I for one never allow a reverse pointer for an IP to have more then one hostname.
PTR and ISPConfig virtual Ah, so each of the domains has a reverse pointer for their IP. If you just want one answer, you may have to remove the other reverses. I for one never allow a reverse pointer for an IP to have more then one hostname. ?? Familiar with the notion of reverse pointers, but totally lost as to how to config it. I did discover some PTR records in two files. I'm wondering if both should be present, or just one in particular. As you may recall, I am running the ISPConfig server two routers from the WAN. Currently they are DMZ'd to the box in question. A public WAN IP is delivered by the first router to the second, giving the second router a real public address. The server sits on NAT behind that. The two files in the /etc/bind directory are the public: pri.17.250.70.in-addr.arpa ...and the private address: pri.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa There are serveral PTR records in the public version, but only a few (others) in the private file. So, My question, are these the files that need editing, and what should these files read to satisfy the "one hostname" as you stated? Thanks!
It's been awhile, but I believe you can cancel the behavior out. I haven't had to play much with bind files, until this week. Anyway, are there multiple pointers for a particular IP, say 192.168.1.2?
