I was wondering, Is it possible to host a subdomain for my main domain on another box? i.e my Windows box?

So for example:

horizonhosting.co.uk is on Linux
support.horizonhosting.co.uk is on Windows?

Any ideas how I would do this? I am using Cpanel for Linux & HSphere for Windows?

Is this a DNS issue? Would I set the subdomain up in Cpanel for support and then setup this subdomain on Hsphere and change records to point to this?

What do you think?

i dunno about how to do it cpanel. But you need to do it in dns. just point it to the ip of your windows box.

I will have to look into my DNS,

I am trying to get it so when I type in

win.horizonhosting.co.uk it displays the contents of horizon.windydesign.com

Does this seem feasible? I obviously don't want redirection because I need it to look professional?

all you need to do is add a "A" name for the sub in the dns file pointing to the other server.

example:

linux box (hosting the dns for the domain mydomain.com)

mydomain.com. IN NS ns.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com. in A 1.2.3.4
www in CNAME mydomain.com.
sub.mydomain.com. in A 2.3.4.5

the above 1.2.3.4 is the IP for the linux box and 2.3.4.5 is the IP for the windows box.

now on the windows box, create a dns record -

sub.mydomain.com. IN NS ns.mydomain.com.
sub.mydomain.com. IN A 2.3.4.5

and add the hosting package u want :D

Imran

Ok, I have got a good idea of what I am doing, However

I have gone to the main domain and set the A record as

windows IN A IP.of.shared.account


This is just loading content from the shared IP. Do I need a dedicated IP set for the subdomain I wish to direct to?

Originally posted by The Laughing Cow
Ok, I have got a good idea of what I am doing, However

I have gone to the main domain and set the A record as

windows IN A IP.of.shared.account


This is just loading content from the shared IP. Do I need a dedicated IP set for the subdomain I wish to direct to?

IP.of.shared.account <-- is that the IP for the second box?

If so, you need to add the windows.yourdomain.com as a domain on your second box, and setup shared hosting for that domain, you do NOT need a dedicated IP :D

Imran

Cheers Imran I'm getting closer...



I have setup the subdomain on the windows server.

I have setup an A record for

subdomainlinuxserver A 123.123.123.123

(123.123.123.123 is the SHARED IP which the subdomain on the windows server is set to)

When I load the subdomain on the linux server It maps to 123.123.123.123. So this makes me think that it is all correct on the Linux server but I need to configure the Windows server?

Thanks for the help so far.

IP.of.shared.account yes, that is the IP for the windows box

So does anyone have an idea if you could specify a dns entry to point a subdomain and a shared IP? or domain name?