[SOLVED] lamp redhat server

[ricardo248]

hey i got a lamp redhat server and i want to change the ip to a website address so that i don't need to put my server ip address in the address bar

example i want like 0.0.0.0 to websiteaddress
it's not on the internet it's like a intrAnet site so local

greetings ricardo

thanks if you ppl can help me

[Irithori]

Depends on the size of your intranet, the usage (e.g. mailserver need a bit more attention) and the number of users.

If you have -say- 3 machines, just a webserver and you are the only user,
simple entries in /etc/hosts might do.

That is:
Choose DNS conform hostnames for each IP.
Add them to /etc/hosts on *each* of the machines.
Be aware, that you will need to add the hosts to possible windows clients as well. The path to the hosts file is different there of course.

1.2.3.4   hostname1 hostname1.your.domain

Voila.

The trick is to keep all machines up to date.
Add a few machines, and the hosts approach will result in a lot of work and is errorprone.

So, for a real network, you will need a DNServer like bind.

[ricardo248]

Depends on the size of your intranet, the usage (e.g. mailserver need a bit more attention) and the number of users.

If you have -say- 3 machines, just a webserver and you are the only user,
simple entries in /etc/hosts might do.

That is:
Choose DNS conform hostnames for each IP.
Add them to /etc/hosts on *each* of the machines.
Be aware, that you will need to add the hosts to possible windows clients as well. The path to the hosts file is different there of course.

1.2.3.4   hostname1 hostname1.your.domain

Voila.

The trick is to keep all machines up to date.
Add a few machines, and the hosts approach will result in a lot of work and is errorprone.

So, for a real network, you will need a DNServer like bind.

but that will only change my host name right if i do that lets say 192.168.1.1 myhost mydomain.com
and i type WorldWideWeb.mydomain.com\ it can not find it and if it does work will it not only find my apache site and not my php site?

[HROAdmin26]

/etc/hosts

10.190.45.35     www.kickme.harder.please.now

ping www.kickme.harder.please.now
10.190.45.35

[ricardo248]

ok that worked but now my client says thats a unknown hostname how do i fix that

[Irithori]

Like I wrote.
*All* machines in your intranet need the entries in *their* hosts file.
Including your client machines.

To overcome this, and actually be much more scaleable, you need a DNServer in your network.

[ricardo248]

ooo man i love you (not in that way) *kisses you on the cheeks* YOU made my day
and all the others thx for helping me

it's solved now