[Zope] Domain Name HOW TO

[Hannu Krosing]

Robert O'Connor wrote:
> 
> A slightly off ZOPE topic and BASIC
> but anyway:  Basic URL def:

ACtually it has nothing to do with Zope ...

> protocol://subdomain.second-level-domain.
> top-level-domain:port/directory/filename
> 
> So you get and register a second-level
> -domain name such as "mysite" with
> a top-level-domain such as "org".
> Good!
> 
> Now say you want to set up multiple
> subdomains, for example:
> 
>   - tarzan.mysite.org
>   - jane.mysite.org

you just register names tarzan and jane in the 
DNS server for mysite org. they can point to anything.
like:
make zope point to www.zope.org,
  so that you can access zope.org as zope.mysite.org (it may
  interfere with named virtual host setup, which is broken
  in current Zope anyway :) (ie. the base url gets constructed
  with numeric IP address)
make warez point to 127.0.0.1,
  so that warez.mysite.org points to each users own computer

> Can these subdomains be in totally different
> locations hosted by different hosts?

yes

> 
> Say I have a primary site
> 
>   - mysite.org hosted by HOST1
> 
> Can I use HOST2 in another location
> to host:
>   - tarzan.mysite.org  and
>   - jane.mysite.org  ?

yes DNS is juat a name to IP address mapping,
where the address can point anywhere

> Does HOST1 have to do something
> to re-route to subdomain HOST2?

absolutely nothing

> What about e-mail?  Can
> I get email at HOST1 in the form
> - bob@mysite.org
> and also different email at HOST2
> - bob@tarzan.mysite.org

yes, although this is a somewhat different matter,
involving DNS MX records which can be separate from real
IP addresses

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Hannu