Two FQDN on one machine.

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Two FQDN on one machine.

I am trying to consolidate services on to as few machines as possible. Since you can setup multiple IP addresses, is it possible to have two FQDNs on one machine? I want to use a server to host files on my private network but also provide a public website. I already have the entries in DNS. I just don’t know if I can have two FQDNs on the same machine. It is as simple as just adding the new address?

Power Mac G5 2.0 GHz dual, Mac OS X (10.4.6), Mac OS X Server 10.4.6

Posted on Jun 8, 2006 7:23 AM

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UptimeJeff

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Jun 8, 2006 10:14 AM in response to rborsky

If you are just talking about web hosting for two fqdn, then add another site in ServerAdmin:Web
Apache suppport virtual hosts. You could have hundreds of FQDN running under a single IP address.
In your case, you don't even need two IPs, but you could use them- or at least use them transitionally until you modify DNS and then just use on public IP.

If you want to add a second IP to the machine, you duplicate the port in SystemPrefs:Network. Show Network Port Configurations, then duplicate the ethernet interface and give that interface it's new settings.

Jeff

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