Hi,
Theoretical question for you...
Is it possible to setup a single Xserve running OS X Server as follows? I ask theoretically if a person could only afford a single Xserve and wanted to run all services on one box for a small web hosting company (family and friends only). Of course, understanding that there will be no services if the server loses power (after the UPS shuts down), connectivity, or because of compnent failure, as all DNS, Web, and Mail is hosted on a single server. Not looking for failover, load balancing, or Ethernet link aggregation.
Use two IP addresses - one for each NIC
Use 2 domain names - mycompany.net and mycompany.com
Name the Xserve xserve.mycompany.net during setup
Use mycompany.net for DNS/Mail
Use mycompany.com for Web/FTP
DNS Setup with Allow: Zone transfers and Recursion both off
mycompany.net.zone
mycompany.net. NS xserve.mycompany.net.
mycompany.net. NS xserve2.mycompany.net.
xserve.mycompany.net A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1
xserve2.mycompany.net A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
mycompany.com.zone
mycompany.com. NS xserve.mycompany.net.
mycompany.com. NS xserve2.mycompany.net.
mycompany.com. A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
www A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
mycompany.com. MX xserve.mycompany.net.
forums A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
ftp A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
And for Family & Friend Web/Mail
familyuser.com.zone
familyuser.com. NS xserve.mycompany.net.
familyuser.com. NS xserve2.mycompany.net.
familyuser.com. A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
www A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
familyuser.com. MX xserve.mycompany.net.
frienduser.com.zone
frienduser.com. NS xserve.mycompany.net.
frienduser.com. NS xserve2.mycompany.net.
frienduser.com. A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
www A xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
frienduser.com. MX xserve.mycompany.net.
They could just use ftp.mycompany.com (with their User Name and Password) with their Home Directories and/or Share Points for FTP services.
Would this work?
Thanks in advance for any comments,
Cory