DNS

I own "xxx".com and want to test BOA on it - w/ Chive etc. subdirectories - ordered a VPS with hostname of "test.xxx".com & got confirmation from VPS host of:

ServerName: "test.xxx".com
IP Address: "1.2.3.4, 1.2.3.5"

Currently, "xxx".com is hosted at "myhost".com - with full DNS control
Registrar is GoDaddy with limited DNS control - "Set Nameservers" & "Host Summary (add)" - I created hosts perhaps in error? (but haven't changed nameservers) of:
NS1.xxx.com = Host IP 1: 1.2.3.4

The Aegir project is entering a new development cycle with the upcoming release of the stable 1.0 branch. We are therefore looking for contributors to improve the project in many ways. We specifically need help to port the frontend to Drupal 7, write a zonefile editor (which may require resurrecting it from a dead git branch or writing it from scratch), and a bunch of other things.

I worked on slave DNS support in the dev-dns branch tonight. I had trouble with the service stuff, but I got over it and I can happily announced that we crossed a significant milestone in DNS support:

We now have basic DNS support in Aegir!

There is still a ton of work to do, but it is the bare minimum for a basic setup:

• Creating a site creates a "A" record (and a zone, if necessary)
• Deleting a site deletes that record (and that zone, if empty)
• Zone creation and deletion are configured on slave servers
• Basic commandline utilities exist to manipulate the zonefiles
• Manual edits to zonefiles are not kept

My setup:
Windows Vista , Virtualbox TurnkeyLinux (ubuntu).
In ubuntu i edited etc/hosts to point example.com to localhost
In windows i edited etc/host to point example.com to virtualbox.ip (the localhost of the virtual os)
Everything install fine,permisions, aegir, platforms ,cron ,all BUT wildcard dns: (i can access aegir from example.com)
I followed the documentation wildcard dns with just copy-paste , at 1 place changed the ip to localhost (at the db.mydev file) and changed everything "mydev" with example.com

I'm running Debian Lenny via VMware Fusion. Completely fresh VM with only the standard and desktop environments enabled. I've followed the excellent screencast at mig5.net to get the base server configured correctly.

I then run /tmp/install.sh.txt as the aegir user and everything is reported as [ok]. Here is the top part of the install.sh.txt file:

basic variables, change before release

AEGIR_DOMAIN=aegir.local
AEGIR_VERSION=0.4-alpha5
AEGIR_HOME=$HOME
WEB_GROUP=www-data

Hello,

I've installed Ægir into Ubuntu server ( latest version, Jaunty? running in VMware on OSX), using the install script. Ægir installed and configured fine and i can create sites, but i'm having trouble viewing the sites because of ( what i'm guessing is) my DNS settings.

I'm just new here but I would like to share my idea about how probably I can help in a little way for the mobile group.

I really don't know personally how drupal mobile gone so far, though I did some reading of the group forum topics here.

I would like to propose a future infrastructure that maybe will help, aid, and guide Drupal mobile to achieve its goal.

This is called MNS [Mobile Name System] for mobile phones.

I just found the BIND module. Definitely something to look at running along with HM2.