I have MS Server 2012 R2 Standard running IIS 8.5 with a DNS server running on a 2008 R2 Standard server (MyServer).
I created a web site in IIS with the following bindings:
Type: http
Hostname: testsite.website2.com
Port: 80
IP Address: 192.168.1.204
I own a domain which is entered into the Lookup Zones (which is covered in yellow below). This domain has websites hosted by my ISP so when I decided to host an internal test site for an upcoming project I created the Host Header above. On the DNS server I created another Lookup Zone with website2.com and within that I created an alias which is laid out like this:
<img src="www.eta-carina-ltd.com/archive/dnsentry.jpg" alt="" />
MyServer is the name of the IIS server and MyDomain.com is the name of my local domain. In DNS I have the true name of the server and domain. I changed it above to mask the real names to post this image.
I also have the reverse lookup entry:
Name: 192.168.1.204
Type: Pointer(PTR)
Data: testsite.etacarinaltd.com
Timestamp: static
I get the error message the page can’t be displayed when I enter testsite.website2.com. I do get the default website if I type in the IP address and port 80. I have hosted my own private websites many years ago but I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong above?