Redirect Sub-Domain to external DNS server
Hi Guys,
Is it possible to redirect a sub-domain in Windows Server DNS to an external DNS server?
Scenario:
We have an internal DNS server on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Our domain name is domain.com
I need to redirect sub.domain.com to the ISP external DNS server as it is hosted externally, but the problem is that the public IP changes dynamically (external) for sub.domain.com
Hence, by redirecting sub.domain.com to the ISP, they will update the IP for the record accordingly.
Is this possible?
Is it possible to redirect a sub-domain in Windows Server DNS to an external DNS server?
Scenario:
We have an internal DNS server on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Our domain name is domain.com
I need to redirect sub.domain.com to the ISP external DNS server as it is hosted externally, but the problem is that the public IP changes dynamically (external) for sub.domain.com
Hence, by redirecting sub.domain.com to the ISP, they will update the IP for the record accordingly.
Is this possible?
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I'm not sure if I'm understanding your scenario.
If you don't want a DNS server to know anything about a domain, then don't set up the domain as a zone. Information about the domain can still be resolved through forwarders or root hints if available. For example:
- example.com is the public domain name used for ineternet presence
- corp.example.com is the AD domain
- on the internal DNS for the AD domain, there would be a zone for corp.example.com with all records. So a query for server.corp.example.com would be resolved using these records.
- any queries for something like www.example.com would be resolved through recursion - the internal DNS doesn't have the zone set up so uses forwarders or root hints to try to resolve the name.
If you don't want a DNS server to know anything about a domain, then don't set up the domain as a zone. Information about the domain can still be resolved through forwarders or root hints if available. For example:
- example.com is the public domain name used for ineternet presence
- corp.example.com is the AD domain
- on the internal DNS for the AD domain, there would be a zone for corp.example.com with all records. So a query for server.corp.example.com would be resolved using these records.
- any queries for something like www.example.com would be resolved through recursion - the internal DNS doesn't have the zone set up so uses forwarders or root hints to try to resolve the name.
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Thank you!
I deleted the domain.com from DNS and added a zone sub.domain.com
Domain.com is now being handled externally.
I deleted the domain.com from DNS and added a zone sub.domain.com
Domain.com is now being handled externally.
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Is there a way to delegate the root of the domain to another DNS server, in other words, "sub" will point to a local IP on the network, while the root (all other permutations for the domain) will point to an external DNS server?