Newbie domain question

[Sick]

The documentation says that i have to register a domain before i create it in plesk. But what happens if i create a domain which is already registered to an other server ?

I'd like to create our website on our new server (with plesk) and when it's finish i'd like to forward the domain name from our old server to the new one.

The website should be accessable by "v1333231.provider.de/domainName" to work on it...

Is it possible without problems ? Or could there happen some DNS problems cause of plesks domain registration ?


Thx in advance

 

[Amin Taheri]

plesk will warn you when you add the domain that it doesnt resolve to its server, but thats ok - adding a domain like microsoft.com wont affect the real site on the internet unless the dns for the domain is also changed to point to the other server.

It is possible (and usually recomended) to have your other site/server setup and ready to cut over before you terminate your other hosting provider account. You then typically leave both servers up for a day or two to alleviate any potnential cache issues resolving the site to the old server.

 

[Sick]

but how can i access the new website before the DNS is pointing to it ?

I tried the following steps but without success:
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touch /var/www/vhosts/YourNewDomain.de/conf/vhost.conf
Open vhost.conf and add the line:
ServerAlias YourNewDomainName.v1231434.1blu.de

chmod go+r vhost.conf
/opt/psa/admin/bin/websrvmng --reconfigure-vhost --vhost-name=YourNewDomainName.de
apache2ctl restart
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I still can't access it via: http://YourNewDomainName.v1231434.1blu.de

Any idea what is wrong or an other recommended way in Plesk 8.1

Thx

 

[Amin Taheri]

if you want to be able to access the new site on your browser before changing DNS then you need to edit the host file on your local machine to point to the IP of the server, or point your local computers DNS to the new server.

To edit the Host file on windows machines just type in the following from the Start -> Run
notepad %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Then add at the bottom of the file in the following format
10.10.10.10 Your.Domain.Name.Goes.here.com

Save and close the file.

You may also have to type in

ipconfig /flushdns
arp -d *

but thats only if you have things cached and depends on your network configuration.