can't get host header site working

MargeS

I have a Virtual Server running on VirtualBox.

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• IIS 7.5
• App and Web server
• AD Domain Services
• DNS server

Settings:

• Computer name: SP2010Server
• Full name: SP2010Server.SPLab.local
• Domain: SPLab.local
• IP4 Address: 192.168.56.2

Via IE I can successfully get to local web sites (all at port 80):

• http://sp2010server/default.aspx
• http://localhost/default.aspx
• http://192.168.56.2/default.aspx

I've created a website in IIS with these bindings:

• host header: mysites.splab.local
• port: 80
• ip address: 192.168.56.2

IE says it cannot display the webpage. Am I missing a step. Do I need to register the host header with the DNS server?

It works if I add the url to the HOSTS file on the VM and the host machine
192.168.56.2 mysites.splab.local

BaconZombie

Have you added mysites.splab.local to your DNS Server?

Also what is the output from:

 nslookup mysites.splab.local

MargeS

Hi BaconZombie
When I do NSLookup, I get:

> nslookup mysites.splab.local
Server: mysites.splab.local.SPLab.local
Address: 192.168.56.2

*** mysites.splab.local can't find nslookup: Non-existent domain


I added mysites.splab.local as a Record A to my DNS server

MargeS

OK, I added this as a new domain in DNS and it works. But I thought it was supposed to be a A Record or CNAME. So maybe my Domain is setup incorrectly. More reading to do I guess....