[App_rpt-users] allmon.ini - not resolving hostnames?

[Ramesh Dhami (VA3UV)]

Hi Keith;

Since we are now getting into the specifics, I will respond off-list.

Cheers,

Ramesh.



On 27/08/2013 10:56 PM, Keith Goobie wrote:
> Based on the comment that you are running the apache web server and the
> reflector system on the same server, I would assume that in the allmon.ini
> file, you would be connecting to 127.0.0.1 or localhost.  This is more
> efficient.  Now that I know the configuration, I am suspecting that this is
> not the system with the DNS issue.
>
> Some further questions:
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> Is the problem at home or the hospital?
> Is the host you are having a problem with hhsstipend.hhsc.ca
> RQ supplied me a host IP to connect to the server to look at allmon
> (199.21.x.x) which reverse maps to FQDN hostname above, but if you look for
> an A record for the host name it maps to a different IP.  Are you aware of
> this?  Which IP are you trying to connect with?
>
> Are you running a web server at home?  Not sure where you may have va3uv.com
> hosted.  Is allmon running on that web server?
>
> Cheers
> Keith
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> On 8/27/13 9:55 PM, "Ramesh Dhami (VA3UV)" <Ramesh at va3uv.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Keith;
>>
>> See below...
>>
>> On 27/08/2013 9:41 PM, Keith Goobie wrote:
>>> Hi Ramesh
>>>
>>> Some more info is needed here!
>>>
>>> Allmon runs as code on the web server, which does not have to run on the
>>> asterisk server.
>>
>> <-- Yep, I just happen to be running it on both systems - (one my
>> reflector, the webpage is accessible publicly via the web, on my system
>> at home, the webpage is only accessible to me / internally).
>>>
>>> Where is the web server with the allmon code in relation to the asterisk
>>> server.  Are they using the same dns?  This is important.
>>
>> <-- I have the allmon code (with the publicly accessible webserver)
>> running on node 2248 - at the Hamilton Health Sciences Centre.  DNS is
>> as provided by the hospital with the Google public DNS server as the
>> secondary DNS.
>>
>> On the system at home, the DNS is as provided by Ma Bell.
>>
>>>
>>> I did convert one of my allmon entries from an IP address to a hostname and
>>> it had no problem.
>>>
>>> If you do an nslookup on the system with the allmon code, what does it
>>> resolve the hostname to?
>>>
>>
>> <-- nslookup on both systems shows the correct IP address.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Ramesh.
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