Re: how to forward all incoming traffic to new server

Hi,
It will serve acme.com
Sorry for the delayed reply I've been run off my feet the last couple of days.


"Dica" wrote:

>
> "Wendel Hamilton" <WendelHamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:C660AF13-5159-40CC-879C-3E00EDA16F42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi,
> > What you need is a web or port proxy that can forward all the http
> requests
> > to the new server. see http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/
>
> wow, that's a killer app. i've been playing with it and it looks like it
> should do the trick. thanks for the tip.
>
> the only thing i'm not sure about is where exactly the domain names will
> forward too. the rinetd app forwards all incoming traffic to the IP i
> specify. so, if i have a site called 'acme.com' on the original box, a
> request comes in for that site and rinetd forwards the request to the
> specified ip address, does that mean that the new server will serve up the
> 'acme.com' site, or the default web site?
>
> > If the new server is internal to your network then you could use ISA
> server.
> > You may be able to redirect in IIS for all webs http://www to
> http://www2$V
> > (I think)
> > But it's still a lot of work.
> > See
> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/41c238b2-1188-488f-bf2d-464383b1bb08.mspx
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dica" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "Wendel Hamilton" <WendelHamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > > message news:D7D70110-05AA-4E77-9B4A-4FFA4AEFB4B8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Changing the WWW record in DNS will not switch it over immediately as
> it
> > > > will take up to 3 days for all the DNS servers around the world to
> > > invalidate
> > > > their caches.
> > > > Set up the new web server to respond to say www2.mydomain.com
> > > > then set up a redirect on your old server to the new server at
> > > > www2.mydomain.com.
> > > > So all requests initially come to the old server at www.mydomain.com
> but
> > > are
> > > > redirected to the new one.
> > > > Then change your WWW record to point to the new server and after 3 or
> so
> > > > days you can decommission the old server.
> > >
> > > thanks wendel. that might work for a single site, but the old server
> hosts
> > > about 100 or more sites and i think it's going to take too long to set
> that
> > > up for each site. isn't there a simpler way to deal with this? i'd like
> to
> > > approach the problem at the root level. is there a way to configure the
> > > network cards themselves to redirect all TCP/IP traffic to the new box?
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Dica" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > we're getting ready to take our old web server offline and replace
> with
> > > a
> > > > > new
> > > > > one. the new server will be hosted from a different city, so we're
> > > getting
> > > > > an entirely new IP. once we've set up the new box and replicated all
> the
> > > > > sites and databases, we need to be able to switch everything over in
> an
> > > > > instant, pointing all incoming requests to the old server's IP to
> the
> > > new
> > > > > server's IP. it's been suggested that i look into changing the DNS
> zone
> > > file
> > > > > of the original server, but i'm having a hard time finding the file
> and
> > > info
> > > > > on how to edit this.
> > > > >
> > > > > can anybody point me if the right direction?
> > > > >
> > > > > tks
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
.

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