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Redirecting incoming IP to another machine
running AIX 3.2.5 -- this is our existing web server that we are migrating data off of. Running NCSA 1.5, I want to redirect incoming httpd requests to a new/temp machine that is behind a firewall and not in DNS. Both machines are behind the firewall, but the existing server is configured to allow world access to it. I've got the web pages set up to reload the new pages on the new/temp server, but for people outside of the firewall, they try to resolve the new/temp host name with DNS lookup, which fails. Is there a way I can create something like a HOSTS file on the old server that points to the new/temp server without having to go thru a DNS lookup? This is only temporary until we replace the existing webb server with new hardware.
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No, the users cannot access that new/temp server, as our firewall does not allow traffic in for that IP address...and we don't want to open that machine up for full HTTP access or have to make any changes on the firewall (since this is really only temporary for a few months). When I'm on (inside the firewall), I have no trouble seeing that new/temp server, but that's because I'm already inside the firewall. Can't I somehow set a conduit to allow traffic from the old web server to the new/temp server?
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Thanks, but I think we're moving it to another machine that is in DNS and can just do a redirect. I'll give you the points for your answer, though.
If so, once they hit the first server, kick off a CGI that takes them to the other server via an IP address or use the HTML's META tag to redirect the user to it.