Configure First Website

Anna Charisma F. Dechavez, ITF+, MTA

Steps
 IIS Manager
 Click on SITES
 Select ADD NEW WEBSITE
 Specify the following
 SITE NAME (The name that will appear on your browser)
 APPLICATION POOL (Same name will be specified based
on your SITE NAME)
 CONTENT DIRECTORY (Specify the path of your web
pages, by default the IIS creates a directory -
C://inetpub/wwwroot
 BINDINGS
BINDINGS

 the method that IIS uses to identify websites upon request

 Specify the type of protocol (http or https)
 IP address (by default is unassigned)
 Port (by default is 80)
 Hostname ( the name should be based on the name of
the website that will be access via Internet)
DNS

Domain Name Service

OR
Domain Name System
Definition of DNS

 A network service
that translates
“names” into IP
addresses
Names

There are two different types of names:

1. DOMAIN NAMES

2. HOST NAMES
Names

There are two different types of names:

1. DOMAIN NAMES
com Ford
net Yahoo
org Google

2. HOST NAMES
PC100 WilberPC
YahooWeb1 PTC-1A
Hosts

What are hosts?

Hosts

What are hosts?

workstations
printers
routers
servers
Hosts

Host Name
IP address
Hosts

Host Name
IP address

WilberPC
206.199.54.189

Printer3
206.199.54.120 Web Server
206.199.54.20

Branch1
206.199.54.18
IP Address

Twelve digit number divided into four parts

206.199.154.189

TCP/IP
TCP establish and maintain an error free
connection between two hosts
IP is about data packets
Talkin’ DNS

Mail Server
206.198.54.120

Web Server
WilberPC 209.108.154.120
206.199.54.189

Printer3 Web Server

206.199.54.120 206.199.54.20

Branch1
206.199.54.18
Configuration

ipconfig/all
Configuration

ping
Where does DNS resides?
What’s in the Name?
History

ARPAnet
 start of the internet
 four universities
History

ARPAnet
 start of the internet
 four universities

Host Look-Up Table

 Hosts.txt file
History

ARPAnet
 start of the internet
 four universities

Host Look-Up Table

 Hosts.txt file

1st Domain Name System (1985)

Zone Files

DNS is a “Distributed Database” of names and ip addresses

The database is made up of “zone files”

DNS Level

The root level domain is “.”

Top-level domains (TLD) include com, org,
net, us, biz, etc.
Second-level domains (SLD) are often owned
by companies and individuals. Examples are
ford, yahoo, google, etc.

Host name
Host Names

 The first portion of a URL is

typically a host name
 Typically different from the name
of the computer
 Many hosts can be associated
with the same Web server
FQDN

Fully-Qualified Domain Name is the complete domain

name for a specific computer, or host, on the Internet.
The FQDN consists of two parts: the hostname and the
domain name. For example, an FQDN for a hypothetical
mail server might be mymail.somecollege.edu

vwp-rm2020.wptech.com
smtp-server.fl.rr.com
pop3-server.cfl.rr.com
Label, Child, and Parent Domain

www.yahoo.com
vwp-rm2020.wptech.com
smtp-server.fl.rr.com
pop3-server.cfl.rr.com
wilbersabado.com

I want to buy a
domain name…
wilbersabado.com

I want to buy a domain name…

TLD Providers
Network Solutions (
www.netsol.com)
Go Daddy (GoDaddy.com)
DNS Records

A Record (Name to IP address)

NS (Name Server)
SOA Record (Start of Authority)
MX Record (Mail Record)
CNAME (Canonical Name)
DNS Records
Root Operators
DNS Components

 Name server – also known as DNS server

supports name-to-address and address-

to-name resolution
 Name resolver – also called DNS client

Can contact DNS server to lookup

name
Used by browsers, e-mail clients, and
client utilities such as ping and tracert
DNS Servers that Define the Internet

 Primary and secondary servers store the host names used on the Internet
 Caching and forwarding servers search the Internet for host names
Primary and Secondary Servers
Primary Server
Defines the hosts for the domain
Maintains the database for the domain
It has authority for the domain
Secondary Server
Gets data from primary server
Provides fault tolerance and load distribution
Required for Internet domains
Primary and Secondary Servers
If you use DNS, you will often work with
your ISP
In a simple environment, the ISP will have
the primary and secondary DNS servers
You contact them for changes
You can also split the servers
ISP has primary, you have secondary
You have primary, ISP has secondary
Primary and Secondary Servers
 ISP maintains DNS
 You have to send changes to ISP
 You have the secondary server which gets updates from the primary server
 Your users reference your secondary server which is faster
Primary and Secondary Servers
 You have complete control over DNS
 You can make changes whenever you want
 If your primary DNS goes down, the secondary will continue to function (but not
indefinitely)
Resolve Host Names

Caching Server
Resolves host names
Caches (saves) the results
Automatically installed when DNS is installed
No configuration necessary
Forwarding Server
Caching server that has access to the Internet
and forwards traffic from other caching servers
Zones

A zone is a part of the domain namespace

For a domain as small as
technowidgets.com, the domain name
represents a single zone
For large organizations (such as IBM),
subdomains can be divided into separately
maintained zones
Each zone typically has a separate DNS
Test the DNS

Configure a Windows PC to use the DNS

server
Start->Settings->Network and Dial-up Connections
Right-click on Local Area Connection and select
Properties
Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click on
Properties
Change DNS to 192.168.0.10
Reboot and ping www.technowidgets.com
Troubleshooting DNS
ping

 ping displays name

resolution even if the
computer cannot be
contacted
Troubleshooting DNS
nslookup

 nslookup can display

information from the
DNS server
DNS