Name Based Routing

QuasiDon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Is it possible to create a linux router that will do name based
> routing? I have one dynamic IP address and I am using no-ip.com. I
> would like to have multiple webservers running, so I would have to have
> a router that can send traffic to the right webserver based on the
> domain name, not on the ip address. Can this be done?

No, but you could probably set up a squid reverse proxy that would do it (at
least for HTTP - HTTPS is a different story).

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Is it possible to create a linux router that will do name based
routing? I have one dynamic IP address and I am using no-ip.com. I
would like to have multiple webservers running, so I would have to have
a router that can send traffic to the right webserver based on the
domain name, not on the ip address. Can this be done?

Seth

In comp.os.linux.networking QuasiDon <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> Is it possible to create a linux router that will do name based
> routing? I have one dynamic IP address and I am using no-ip.com. I
> would like to have multiple webservers running, so I would have to have
> a router that can send traffic to the right webserver based on the
> domain name, not on the ip address. Can this be done?

Yep, but you don't need a router for this. It is a standard
functionality of apache, called "virtual hosting". Just register
multiple CNAME or dyndns entry for your system and let apache sort
it out for you.

The docs about it should get you going:

http://httpd.apache.org/

Good luck

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QuasiDon wrote:
> Is it possible to create a linux router that will do name based
> routing? I have one dynamic IP address and I am using no-ip.com. I
> would like to have multiple webservers running, so I would have to have
> a router that can send traffic to the right webserver based on the
> domain name, not on the ip address. Can this be done?

No I don't think so, but you can try the apache server and setup the
"virtual server" service to redirect request to the proper machine.

My server handle 5 domains in one machine.

Ciao
Giovanni
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QuasiDon wrote:

> Is it possible to create a linux router that will do name based
> routing?

you can have a try with "policy based routing" and the iptables mark target.
but in your case, as already mentioned, virtual hosts in apache is what you
need.