Access shared IP before switching DNS

toloko · 08-16-2008, 12:29 PM

I'm setting up a web site with PHPBB. The site and board are currently active on another server. How can I access the installation script on the HostNexus server without using the domain URL. Using the Plesk site preview doesn't work. I don't want to transfer the DNS until I have everything working on the exclusive(shared) IP I've been assigned.

I think it should be something like:
http://mymasterdomain.com~user1/phpbb/index.php

or

http://123.123.123.123~user1/phpbb/index.php

**RobbieLePommie** · 08-17-2008, 07:35 AM

You can try
http://mymasterdomain.com/~user1/phpbb/index.php

Noe the slash after the domain name, user1 is the username you use for FTP for the site, and assumes that PHPbb is installed in the directory phpbb under httpdocs. You may have some problems, though.

If this fail, copy the files across from your other server. If it's too mcuh to do, ZIP it all up and upload to server and ask the admins to unzip for you. You'll need to check directory permissions after that.

toloko · 08-18-2008, 07:45 AM

Thanks for the help. It doesn't seem to work, I think because the site isn't the default domain on the IP address. Unfortunate as I'd like to get the script working and verified before I switch the nameserver.

**RobbieLePommie** · 08-19-2008, 06:19 AM

If you havea spare domain name kicking around, what you can do it set up a "domain alias" (so set main domain up, but have an alias in Plesk). Then set up for that domain and check it works. When you move it across, just change the config setting that points to the old domain name (but physical file locations and database don't need to move).

Then free up the "spare" domain name.

(And if you think I'm crazy, I carry "spare" domains for testing things like this. It only costs a few dollars....)

**MikeMann** · 08-19-2008, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobbieLePommie

(And if you think I'm crazy, I carry "spare" domains for testing things like this. It only costs a few dollars....)

I have a few myself

**NexDog** · 08-20-2008, 10:20 PM

The /~user should work. If it doesn't just let me know via PM and I'll work it out.

toloko · 08-26-2008, 11:58 AM

This: http://masterdomain.com/~FTPusername doesn't work. Here's another topic on the same issue:
http://www.nexusportal.net/showthrea...in+propagation

This works:
Edit the hosts file in Windows (C: windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts on your local machine adding a line with your IP address, domain url and domain name like:
000.000.000.000 www.domain.com domain.com
But you'll need two computers if you want to access your old web site at the same time because the domain url will point to the new server IP address. The $sitepreview (Plesk) thing doesn't seem to work to setup scripts that link to a domain name.
The spare domain name would work, but it would take time to propagate and I don't have a spare.

Issue two:
I can't access my site using the domain URL. This appears to be a problem with the company that provides my connection to the internet (ISP). I thought it might be the server or my computer's setup, but I can use a different ISP to access the site. Weird? It worked for a while, then stopped; so it's not a delay in propagation. The IP address works, but I get this when I use traceroute:
Sorry, I could not determine the IP for www.mydomain.ca (error 11004)

Issue three
Occasionally I can't send email to different addresses, but it works if I resend. The error is:
553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
There seems to be an issue with the host mail server. The solution is to use your ISP SMTP address for the outgoing server in your mail client rather than your domain's SMTP server.

It appears that the last two are related to my gateway connection to the internet (ISP). I can't change that as I live in the middle of nowhere and this is the only service offering something like high speed.

toloko · 08-27-2008, 01:04 AM

Issue two is my fault. I had the wrong name and IP address. This is the explanation.

You need IPs to register nameservers but that is as far as it goes. You can now forget about nameservers and IPs. You can use any other IP (except SSL exclusive ones) for hosting websites.

You have to separate the way you think about nameservers and IPs. You said "I thought I was suppose to keep ns.masterdomain.com as an exclusive for my master domain."

What you mean is "I thought I was suppose to keep my prmary IP address (000.000.000.000) as an exclusive for my master domain.". We just advise that you use one IP for your main domain and then another IP to host your other domains. And then if you have sites that need SSL then you just get extra IPs for them.

The fact that you have nameservers registered to any IPs has absolutely no impact on the usability of IPs on your account. You can register an infinite number of name addresses on any of your nameservers and still use your IPs for hosting websites as you choose.

**NexDog** · 08-27-2008, 01:58 AM

Glad to see we worked it out.

Angela Harms · 11-08-2008, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobbieLePommie

If you havea spare domain name kicking around, what you can do it set up a "domain alias" (so set main domain up, but have an alias in Plesk). Then set up for that domain and check it works. When you move it across, just change the config setting that points to the old domain name (but physical file locations and database don't need to move).

Then free up the "spare" domain name.

(And if you think I'm crazy, I carry "spare" domains for testing things like this. It only costs a few dollars....)

I *almost* understand what you mean by this, but not quite.

I have a site up and running, realsite.com. I want to revamp it entirely. Can I do that, somehow, on one of my spare domains like sparesite.com and then somehow move the pointers so that I don't have to move the files? How would that work? Databases too?

Angela