How do I configure a virtual server?
January 8, 2000
A. A. It is possible using Windows NT to bind multiple IPaddresses to one network card and for each IP address it is possible to run avirtual domain server. The procedure below will add an IP address, add the newIP address as a domain and setup the new IIS virtual server.
To bind an additional IP address to your network card perform the following:
Start the Network Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Control Panel -Network)
Select the Protocols tab
Select TCP/IP and click Properties
On the "IP Address" tab click the Advanced button
In the IP Address section click Add
Enter the additional IP address and subnet mask you want the machine torespond to and click Add
Click OK until you leave the network control panel applet
Reboot the machine
You now need to configure the DNS server to respond to the new name.com withthe new IP address
Start the DNS Manager
(Start - Programs - Administrative Tools - DNS Manager)
From the DNS menu, select New Server and enter the IP address of the DNSServer, e.g. 200.200.200.3, and click OK
The server will now be displayed with a CACHE sub part
Next we want to add the domain, e.g. savilltech.com, from the DNS menu,select New Zone
Select Primary and click Next
Enter the name, e.g. savilltech.com, and then press tab, and it will fillin the Zone File Name and click Next
Click Finish
Next a zone for reverse lookups has to be created, so select New Zone fromthe DNS menu
Select Primary and click Next, enter the name of the first 3 parts of thedomain IP + in-addr.arpa, e.g. if the domain was 158.234.26, the entry would be26.234.158.in-addr.arpa, in my example it would be 200.200.200.in-addr.arpa,click tab for the file name to be filled and click Next, then click Finish
From the DNS menu select new Host, enter the machine name and IP address,also select the create associated PTR record. Click Add and then Done.
Next create the www..com record. From the DNS menu select newrecord
Select record type of CNAME, enter a alias name of www, and the actual hostname, e.g. server.shadow.com. Click OK
Exit the DNS server
Next update the IIS server to support the new domain
Start the Internet Service Manager (Start - Programs - Microsoft InternetServer)
Double click on the Computer name of the web server which will display theproperties
Click the Directories tab
Click the Add button
Enter the directory name and select the Home directory check box. Nextcheck the "Virtual Server" box and enter the IP address you added inthe first step. Click OK
Click OK to close
You will now be able to browse to this domain. Under Windows 2000 (IIS 5.0)
Start the Internet Service Manager (Start - Programs - Administrative Tools- Internet Services Manager)
Right click on the computer and select New - Web site
Click Next to the intro wizard
Enter a description and click Next
Select the IP address you added and click Next
Enter the path for the root directory and click Next
Select Permissions. Click Next
Click Finish to complete the creation.
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