Add two or more domains to one public IP using A records

Question

I have a public IP address that houses two applications e.g 197.18.2.48 houses 192.18.2.48/systems and 192.18.2.48/shop , I would like to map this two applications to my domain so that it reads

192.18.2.48/systems  -> systems.harris-dindi.com 
192.18.2.48/shop -> shop.harris-dindi.com

So the two systems with IP on the left should point to the subdomains on the right. I have tried using A records from the cpanel but it only accepts the IP Address. Please advise

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 16 '16 at 09:22

CPanel is correct. DNS A records resolve names to IP addresses, not to applications. What you can do is add two A records pointing to the same IP address, like so:

systems.harris-dindi.com. IN A 192.18.2.48
shop.harris-dindi.com.    IN A 192.18.2.48

It is then up to the server running on 192.18.2.48 to route requests to the correct application, for example by the mechanism of name based virtual hosts.

Add two or more domains to one public IP using A records

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