Can't connect behind a DNS Server?

orangeibm · Post by **orangeibm** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:08 am

Is there anyway to expose the Vault Server from behind a DNS hosted server? Do I need to enable any services or open up any ports?

I am getting the message: No server found at URL
http://mysite/VaultService

sterwill · Post by **sterwill** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:14 am

I'm a little confused about what you mean. Assuming DNS means Domain Name System, which is a method of resolving names to IP numbers, it sounds like your problem may be with name-based virtual host configuration (where a web server with a single IP hosts web sites for multiple domains by requirement of the HTTP/1.1 "Host" header). In this situation, the web server will bind to port 80 on its single IP, which will service all domains.

I'd try the following troubleshooting steps, in approximate order:

Make sure the client can resolve "mysite" to an IP. Use something like "nslookup mysite" at the command prompt.
Make sure the web server that "mysite" resolves to is listening on port 80. "telnet mysite 80", type "GET" then Enter a few times, and wait for some HTML to come back (possibly an error message).
If you've come this far, everything on the client seems OK. Opening http://mysite/VaultService in a web browser should also work.
I'm not an expert at configuring IIS for name-based virtual hosts, but you can use the IIS administration tool to check all the hosts are correctly spelled, have the correct web roots, etc.