[GTALUG] Problem new virtual host

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hi,

please tell me if roissystudiotest.ca is the 'real' domain name?

It is not registered...[1]

and, 'ping' is for an IP number, nothing to do with a domain name...

when you use 'ping' and you ping domain.name then, your system does a
dns lookup, to first find IP number for domain.name - and then 'pings'
that ip number...

so, 'ping' is not useful for apache/web issues - except maybe to see if
a domain host resolves and accepts icmp...


[1]
host www.roissystudiotest.ca
Host www.roissystudiotest.ca not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

whois roissystudiotest.ca
Not found: roissystudiotest.ca
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:53:42 -0400
Stephen via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On 2020-04-30 4:46 p.m., James Knott via talk wrote:
> > What happens if you use the host command?  You can also use the
> > host command with the IP address, to see what host name shows up.
> > What happens if you use the IP address with a browser?  
> 
> The host command without an argument gives me a help listing.
> 
> The host command with my server's local IP address gives me a list of 
> all virtual hosts listed in my hosts file.
> 
> Entering my local IP in a browser gets me to Gerbera's control panel.
>