APEX

Hi All!

I'm not sure if this post is in the right place, but better here than nowhere...

I'm setting up everything I recently bought my server-machine for; this is to host my webapplications!

I installed the applications succesfully and now want to connect to the applications over the web (obviously).

The problem is, I know nothing at all about Windows servers and IIS, so I will need you guys to pich in a bit...

This is the thing:

Let's say, I got three webapplications, running inside the Oracle database on the following URL's:

http://111.111.1.1:9090/apex/f?p=100 and
http://111.111.1.1:9090/apex/f?p=200 and
http://111.111.1.1:9090/apex/f?p=300

I want them to be accessed over three completely different domain names, lets call them:

apex1.com
apex2.com and
apex3.com.

I got all the domains registered and on a serviced DNS hoster that makes it possible for me to have complete control over the DNS settings / records. (types A, CNAME, MX, PTR and TXT). Here, I probably need to point all the URL's to the same IP (My own WAN IP address). The question remains:

"How do I get the Windows Server and / or the DNS server to understand which URL to point to what URL inside the WHS machine?"

I want the following (I know I really keep repeating myself, but better to be clear right wink.gif):

apex1.com: when accessed go to the application with inside URL: http://111.111.1.1:9090/apex/f?p=100
apex2.com: when accessed go to the application with inside URL: http://111.111.1.1:9090/apex/f?p=200
apex3.com: when accessed go to the application with inside URL: http://111.111.1.1:9090/apex/f?p=300

how do I set this in IIS and / or the DNS server?

I read something about a thing called "virtual hosting" on some articles, best is the: http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kbid=1149
But it seems that this can only point towards different ports, or am I wrong?

Thanks for all your cool answers!

Douwe Pieter

http://ome-b.nl