Creating a sub domain, hosted on different provider

[avi]

I own a domain, xyz.com which is hosted on some provider.

now I want to create a subdomain blog.xyz.com which is to be hosted on another provider.

both hosting accounts have cPanel. Is it possible ? If yes, then how ?

Thank you

 

[mehrotra.akash]

create a subdomain blog.xyz.com and redirect it to the temporary URL you would have for the place you want to host the blog

 

[avi]

But I want blog.xyz.com to appear in URL

 

[mehrotra.akash]

^^Ohk.. then probably wait for someone else to reply..

You can do it using some Javascript stuff, or just host a frame on blog.xyz.com , and set the frame source to the blog URL

(But there would be better ways to do this)

 

[pranav17]

You can do it by changing the Cname record of the sub domain, and make it point to the other hosting provider.

 

[avi]

can you elaborate little more ?

 

[pranav17]

Sure, but before i answer that i need to know who is your registrar. As you need Dns management permission at either you registrar's end or your hosting provider.

Personally i like godaddy's Dns management for this kind of stuff.

 

[avi]

Godaddy it is hyeah:

 

[pranav17]

Great will give the details tomorrow, go to run now!

 

[net]

just ssh to server, locate /var/named directory, vi yourdomain.tld.db and change the subdomain.domain.tld IP

and you are done. on the other side make the subdomain.domain.tld as a new domain account.

 

[avi]

Don't know SSH commands, if you elaborate just little more then it will be helpful for me

 

[net]

Do u have ssh access?

If not I have no idea what kind of interface you using.

 

[avi]

Yes, I have. In cPanel it is there

 

[Virus.exe]

As mentioned above, you should have DNS management. Now, go into your domain DNS management page and create an A record for your blog.xyz.com. In the A record, you must put the IP address of the account on which you host the blog.xyz.com. Save it, wait for couple of hours and you're done.

 

[Niks]

If the blog on the other hosting provider is accessible via a dedicated IP address, you can add an A record for it corresponding to the sub-domain on ur main hosting provider.
If it is accessed via its own url, you can add a CNAME record for it, corresponding to the sub-domain on ur primary hosting provider.

Both can be added from the Simple DNS zone editor, in the cpanel of your primary domain hosting provider.

Hope this works for u..

 

[coolraghav]

use dns management service or redirect from the server whose nameserver uve put in godaddy domain details.

better would be adding A Record.