Windows Server and DNS domain names how setup?
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ThenOrganization1123 · 2023-10-08 09:05

Hi all, all the tutorials I find on the Internet do not answer my
question.

I have Windows Server 2022 on which I want to run my website. So far,
I have used hosting, e.g. Bluehost, where parking a domain is child's
play. How to create a name server on Windows Server where I can later
park my domain? For example:

ns1.mydomain.com
ns2.mydomain.com

I have symmetrical Internet access with static IP address. All the
tutorials I find on the Internet describe how to create a DNS server
for a local network, and I need to “open myself to the world”.

Secondly, is it possible to create two name servers so that each leads
to the same IP address but to two different websites? For example:

ns1.nameserver.com and ns2.nameserver.com ———> 137.220.***.** ———>
192.168.**.** ——-> website 1

And

ns1.secondary.com, ns2.secondary.com ——-> 137.220.***.** ———>
192.168.**.** ——-> website 2

Thank you in advance for your help, but I'm a complete noob in this
matter and I would really like to learn how to configure it.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-08 11:18

Use a reverse proxy and you can proxy to any website by its hostname.
No need for different IPs in DNS.

---> 137.220:443 reverse proxy ---> website A or B

As for nameservers. You need to forward UDP 53 to your Windows server
and simply setup a DNS zone for each domain. I would not recommend
Windows as an external facing DNS server but rather a linux container
with bind in it.

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ThenOrganization1123 · 2023-10-08 13:25

Thank you for quick reply. Can you tell me how join this with domain
bought from GoDaddy or any other registrar services?

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-08 13:45

You set the your static IPv4 address as your nameserver at godaddy.

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ThenOrganization1123 · 2023-10-08 13:51

Thank you! It works :) last question…what record I should give if I
want my domain example.com direct to subfolder?

Example.com -> 137.220.****->192.168.1*/website1

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-08 14:11

That only works if you use a reverse proxy like nginx. All DNS can do
is convert a name into an IP and vice versa. Nginx is a very good
reverse proxy that can do what you want. I recommend using containers,
but they don't work too well on Windows.

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ThenOrganization1123 · 2023-10-08 14:23

I just noticed that docker doesn't work well on Windows, unlike Debian
where everything runs at the speed of light. I have a second computer
with Linux and NGINX proxy manager installed. If Linux has the address
192.***.8 and Windows Server 192.***4 will NGINX proxy manager allow
me to redirect the domain to a subfolder?

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-08 14:31

Yes. You can tell nginx to redirect the url to the IP.

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ThenOrganization1123 · 2023-10-08 15:50

Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong? IP: 192.168.1.7 is Windows
server, my domain milewski.live redirects to my Linux server
192.168.1.6 where NGINX is installed. How redirect  in proxy manager
all traffic to from 192.168.1.6 to 192.168.1.7?   [https://imageupload
.io/3ew8V5VZB3VOrcu](https://imageupload.io/3ew8V5VZB3VOrcu)