DNS URL Redirect

[FALCONSEYE]

I have two records on the windows server as follows.

site1.com
www cname site1.com
(same as parent folder) host(a) 11.22.33.444
some other stuff

site2.com
www cname site2.com
(same as parent folder) host(a) 11.22.33.444
some other stuff

now, i need to tell site1.com is no longer site1.com and redirect to site2.com. How do i do that? I couldn't create a cname on site1.com with site2.com. It throws an error saying "an alias cname record cannot be added to this dns name. the dns name contains records that are incompatible with the cname record"
thanks in advance.

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[TechyMcSe2k]

change the www. cname in site 1 to an A record:

http://www host(a)

11.22.33.444

This will send anyone in site 1 that puts

http://www.site1.com

to that ip

hope i understood the question.


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[FALCONSEYE]

Site1 already has an a record. Also, site1 and site2 are on the same server. I am not sure if this will work.

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[lgarner]

If both sites are already on the same server, and have the same IP address (as your example indicates), then there's nothing to do. The host at 11.22.33.44 already receives traffic for both hostnames.

You probably need to figure out redirects or server aliases for your web server, not DNS.

 

[SimonDavies]

You need to configure Host Headers in your IIS configuration.

Host headers allow for multiple sites to be hosted on the same IIS server (and IP address).

Simon

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[FALCONSEYE]

Adding site1.com as a host header to site2.com won't be a good solution. site1.com is literally dead so ppl are not supposed to see site1.com anymore. I ended up writing some server side script to check for the url. I am not sure if this is the most efficient way.

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