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redirect a subdomain to external IP

Hi,
Is there any way to redirect a subdomain on a machine A to point to an IP adress on a second machine B.
thanks
william !

What control panel are you using for this subdomain ?

[SC-Daniel]

Edit the DNS zone for the domain and create a record like this:
subdomain IN A 192.168.1.1
That will cause all requests for that subdomain to go to the second server. Ask your host for assistance if you cannot edit the DNS zone.





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[iHubNet-Matt]

You can add these lines to .htaccess file of your sub domain. RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test.domain.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/192\.168\.1\.1" [R=301,L]
this will redirect test.domain.com to 192.168.1.1( You will have to edit your subdomain instead of test.domain.com and replace the IP with machine B IP )






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[freeflyer]

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Originally Posted by marigwil


Hi,
Is there any way to redirect a subdomain on a machine A to point to an IP adress on a second machine B.
thanks
william !


Include this line within the .htaccess file (root html directory of your subdomain_machine):
redirect 301 <root_of_your_subdomain_location> <second_machine_IP>
sample:
redirect 301 /subdomain/ http://11.111.111.11/
it will display the new home for your subdomain, whatever you call it





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Last edited by freeflyer : 10-30-2008 at 10:27 AM.
Reason: typo

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Originally Posted by InfusionHosting


What control panel are you using for this subdomain ?


i am using PLESK

Hi all, thanks, problem solved.
I have used solution from SC-Daniel with Neuf Telecom.
Thanks

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Originally Posted by marigwil


i am using PLESK


I don't use Plesk, so I'm not entirely sure if you can change the DNS entries from the control panel.
I suggest you contact your hosting company and request them to update the A Record for the sub-domain so that it points to the new IP address. However, I don't recommend you use the .htaccess method as suggested above.

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Originally Posted by JstTom


I don't use Plesk, so I'm not entirely sure if you can change the DNS entries from the control panel.
I suggest you contact your hosting company and request them to update the A Record for the sub-domain so that it points to the new IP address. However, I don't recommend you use the .htaccess method as suggested above.


Yes I will USE A entry in DNS with my hosting provider.
Thanks

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Originally Posted by marigwil


Hi,
Is there any way to redirect a subdomain on a machine A to point to an IP adress on a second machine B.
thanks
william !


Yes, its very simple. Just edit the DNS entry for the subdomain with the machine B's IP.





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Originally Posted by blessen


Yes, its very simple. Just edit the DNS entry for the subdomain with the machine B's IP.


Is that redirecting? The subdomain would not be available under different URLs, just
under the one matching the new DNS entry.





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