[HCoop-Help] Need help with domtool configuration

[Adam Chlipala]

Aarjav Trivedi wrote:
> With the domaindirective, www.ridecell.com does not seem to mean the same as ridecell.com
>   

Can you explain what behavior of HCoop daemons you expect and what 
behavior you are seeing instead?  I don't understand yet what you wish 
would happen differently.

> ------Original Message------
> From: Adam Chlipala
> To: aarjav at gmail.com
> To: HCoop member help list
> Sent: Jan 9, 2009 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [HCoop-Help] Need help with domtool configuration
>
> ajju at hcoop.net wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to accomplish the following:
>>
>> - Host the dns for my domain on HCOOP
>> - Host the actual website on a separate VPS which I control and for which
>> I have the IP address.
>> - Have the mail handled by yet another server.
>>
>> I am using the following configuration to try to do this right now but
>> it's causing www.ridecell.com or ridecell.com to be redirected to another
>> website that I am hosting ON Hcoop.
>>
>> ajju at mire:~/.domtool$ cat ridecell.com
>> dom "ridecell.com" with
>>   dnsDefault "207.192.72.86";
>>   dnsIP "www" "207.192.72.86";
>>   (* Add a mapping from wwww to IP 207.192.72.86 *)
>>   dnsMail 1 "smtp.secureserver.net";
>>   dnsWildcardIP "207.192.72.86"
>>   
>>     
>
> [dom] adds directives appropriate for the most common scenarios.  You 
> should use [domain] instead if you want the domain to live primarily 
> elsewhere.  Switching [dom] to [domain] should leave your configuration 
> almost complete.  You will need to add nameserver information to end up 
> with a valid overall record, and you should be able to consult the 
> DomTool/Examples wiki page for that.
>