Hello Linode folks!

I'm trying to get a subdomain set up for one of my urls. However, instead of setting up a box to store files on my own server, I am trying to forward the subdomain to a remote ecommerce server.

This is really easy to do on Godaddy's DNS manager, but doesn't work for me as easily on Linode's DNS Manager... Here is a graphic illustrating my settings:

http://bit.ly/Tutmnf

What is happening in my browser is that when i enter "store.mydomain.com" it simply loads the same content as "mydomain.com". Instead, I want the url to load the content from "mydomainname.shopify.com" (or other online shop, etc).

I have been using Linode for a while but am still pretty n00b. I've set up new domains using the Linode DNS manager before, but not with this same goal. Hence, my unreliable result.

Your advice is appreciated! Thanks so much.

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What possible good does it do to hide them - they're PUBLIC DOMAIN NAME ENTRIES in PUBLIC NAME SERVERS.

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There are a number of issues.

You are visiting store.mydomain.com in your browser, but the Linode DNS manager is configured for store.myurl.com.

The nameservers for both mydomain.com and myurl.com are set to nameservers other than the ones operated by Linode, so the records you specify in the Linode DNS manager have no effect.

You have created a domain zone for the subdomain store.myurl.com, which is probably not necessary, especially if you're also using Linode's DNS manager to host the zone for myurl.com. If you wish to create a CNAME record for store.myurl.com, you can not add it as a separate domain zone in the manager since you are then also required to have NS records for store.myurl.com, and you can not simultaneously have a CNAME record and NS records (or any other records) for a particular hostname.

You have added A records for store.myurl.com and shop.store.myurl.com that point to an IP address that is reserved for local identification per RFC 5735.

You have added a CNAME record for www.store.myurl.com that points to store.theirurl.com, but a query for store.theirurl.com returns NXDOMAIN. In theory, if store.theirurl.com existed and was running a web server, visiting www.store.myurl.com in your browser would result in the request being served by store.theirurl.com, but you want to achieve this effect for store.mydomain.com, not www.store.myurl.com.

If you are using the Linode DNS manager to host the zones for both myurl.com and store.myurl.com, you should most likely delete both of those and add a single domain zone for only mydomain.com. The add a CNAME record with a hostname of "store" pointing to mydomainname.shopify.com (or was it store.theirurl.com?).

Good luck!

@vonskippy. Sorry about that. Thought I was doing the right thing.

@dcraig. Thanks so much. Attempting this now... I'll see if I can combine both urls into a single domain zone in Linode's DNS manager.

If I can't get this to work I will provide an update, with the names unobfuscated.

Thanks both of you.

Hey again,

@dcraig, your suggestion has already worked. Thanks again, both of you, for responding!