DNS name for internal site

[robjduk]

Need a little hand holding as I never had a mentor when it came to this...

 

I have an internal website for printing which is accessed internally via "http://servername: port/webadvantage" .

 

Can someone give me the easy to read, hand holding, step by step for complete noobs guide to being able to direct the above site to something more basic for the users such as http://printing please (internal required only)? I know it can be done but when you have someone who does not play with DNS often start creating entries it gets a little unnerving. My guess is to make a new TXT record but thought I would throw this out to the community before I break the lot.

 

Thanks

Edited October 21, 2014 by robjduk

[SovietRussia]

you will need an A record.

 

Pop in the IP, and then visit http://dnsname: port/webadvantage

[pantscat]

If you don't want people to have to remember the port number then I'd do this...

 

1. Create an alias (CNAME) record in DNS for "printing" that points to "servername"

 

2. Create an IIS site (or apache if you're that way inclined...) that has "printing" as the host-header address - in this site set the default.html to use redirect tags to go to the site with the port number included (e.g. )

 

3. Kick back and bask in the unrecognised glory of making life a tiny bit easier for people.

 

Ant

[sonofsanta]

CNAME is an Alias type, so you'll already have an A record for that server based on its name (e.g. print_server, whatever that machine is called in Windows), and you don't want more than one A record for a device. @SovietRussia is mixed up - as was I, until I actually looked at my DNS and realised I was thinking back-to-front

 

So right click your DNS zone (e.g. school.internal), choose New Alias (CNAME), type in printing in the top field then the normal server address in the FQDN field (e.g. printer_server.school.internal). Easy as that!

 

@pantscat method is a bit more involved but useful if your users need hands holding a lot.

Edited October 21, 2014 by sonofsanta