Adding Additional Hostname to Another Server

[charus]

hello all,





I am having problem resolving hostname.

i had 1 server and its hostname is resolving fine.

i purchased 1 vps and its hostname isnt resolving.


for server1 say hostname is server1.domain.com


and for vps i add server2.domain.com

and when i ping my server2.domain.com i get Host Unknown error.


please help me do i add Hostname and make it resolve in VPS.


i want to use hostname like server2.domain.com.

i want both server to have common domain name but diff hostname.


thank you


Thank you

[Irithori]

I dont use vps, but in general you need to configure your/your provider´s DNS.
So that server2.domain.com points to a IP you want it to be.

[charus]

see when i type command "hostname" in shell ( for server2 )

i get reply "server2.domain.com"

and i ping server2.domain.com from server2 shell i get my server's ip.

but when i ping from my home computer to -> server2 i get Host unknown

[Irithori]

- Is there a DNServer set up for your domain?
- Is it an offical DNS (aka registered Domain + public DNS) or a internal DNS?

In the later case, you need to point your home computer to your internal DNS

[charus]

Yes its setup for server1.domain.com and its resolving fine.
Name Servers are Setup on server1.domain.com.
and Using Internal DNS.

but in Server2.domain.com i purchased vps and i gave provider the hostname i wanted and thats it.Do i need to do something more to make it resolve?

[Irithori]

If I understand correct, then your provider operates the DNS

Find out which DNS it is and do this
(replacing server2.domain.com and dnserver.provider.com with your actual hostnames)

host server2.domain.com dnserver.provider.com

It should return a IP or at least a CNAME