Hi Mike. What you suggest sounds like what I might need. Contact me, get me your contact data, I'll give you a call. I'll gladly pay $$$ to get this right, And for the right person, this is prob pretty straightforward, where for me, it might take some time. !! THanks -bruce badouglas@xxxxxxxxx On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Mike Wright <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/31/2016 09:57 AM, bruce wrote: >> >> Hi. >> >> Researching dns/naming. (sortof fed!!) >> >> Assume I have a server -rackspace/digitalocean/etc.. And I and I want >> to serve the DNS via something like cloudflare. >> >> The test server(s) aren't going to be webservers, they're going to be >> used to test apps.. >> >> As far as I can tell, most of the sites say you need to already have a >> "name" from a domain name provider. That can't be right, can it!! One >> can have a dns process internal to an org, providing dns names to >> machines all over the place. Granted, those machines/names might be >> internal/private. >> >> So, does one need an "actual" real name for an externally facing >> server in order to process the DNS so one can do a "ssh test@xxxxxxx" >> or can you use something like "ssh test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > > > yes > >> At the same time.. if you do need a real/actual "domain name" for the >> externally facing box, digitalocean provides for both public/private >> networks for the linux instances. If you run a private network, would >> you then be able to create your own name for the internal instances >> that would be available to the other instances on the private >> network?? > > > Pete and Shawn both give good advice. However, if you'd like a quick > solution using a fake domain name *internally* I'd recommend djbdns's > tinydns. tinydns allows you to declare yourself AUTHORITATIVE for zones > without having to connect to the root name servers. > > To test this I just created feefle.farfle. and paired it with > 53.53.10.in-addr.arpa. and it worked without a hitch. Combined with > dnscache, also part of djbdns, you would have a complete authority/recursive > name server setup for your private space. > > If this interests you let me know and I'll contact you off list. > > Mike Wright > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
