The service will be functional, provided your domain has been delegated. The domain is delegated on DNS servers communicating Internet users the information about your domain (zone). Two or more such servers will be required.
Domain Setting
The Domain Redirection service already includes DNS support. If the service is ordered under the same contract as the domain, no extra settings need to be made.
If the domain is not registered in Rucenter or the service is not ordered under the same contract as the domain, you should independently indicate DNS services subject to a domain level:
- for the second level domain (for example, web-forward.ru):
ns3-fwl2.nic.ru
ns4-fwl2.nic.ru
ns8-fwl2.nic.ru - for the third level domain (for example, test.web-forward.ru):
ns3-fwl3.nic.ru
ns4-fwl3.nic.ru
ns8-fwl3.nic.ru - for the forth level domain (for example, forum.eng.web-forward.ru):
ns3-fwl4.nic.ru
ns4-fwl4.nic.ru
ns8-fwl4.nic.ru - for the fifth level domain (for example, www.forum.eng.web-forward.ru):
ns3-fwl5.nic.ru
ns4-fwl5.nic.ru
ns8-fwl5.nic.ru
Zone File Entries
When ordering the service the appropriate records will be automatically made to DNS servers engaged in service delivery.
If required, you may use DNS server of your provider. Therefore, you will be required to make the following entries into zone file on the primary DNS server (Domain of specific level will require dedicated IP addresses):
- for the second level domain (for example, web-forward.ru):
web-forward.ru. A 109.70.27.4
- for the third level domain (for example, test.web-forward.ru):
test.web-forward.ru. A 109.70.27.5
- for the forth level domain (for example, forum.eng.web-forward.ru):
forum.eng.web-forward.ru. A 109.70.27.6
- for the fifth level domain (for example, www.forum.eng.web-forward.ru):
www.forum.eng.web-forward.ru. A 109.70.27.7
Domain Redirection Setting
Any service reconfigurations are available in 'Manage your account → Review and update data'.
Redirection may be enabled for the domain, its subdomains, as well as set up to ten redirection individual rules for specific subdomains.
The following parameters may be indicated in each redirection rule:
- Subdomain name for which the rule is set;
- Type of redirection;
- Redirection address;
- "With path retention" option
Subdomain Name
The subdomain from which redirection will be made should be indicated.
You may indicate:
- Subdomain name subject to redirection.
The number of nesting levels is unlimited, but the length of record with the dots shall not exceed 63 characters; - "*" (star), if a general redirection rule should be set.
This rule will be valid for any subdomains, for which individual rules are set.
Redirection Address
URL of the page, where a visitor will be redirected to.
Type of Redirection
You may select one of the below redirection methods:
Temporary or permanent redirect
- Temporary redirect (code 302) means that page redirection is determined by temporary phenomena.
- Permanent redirect (code 301) means that the page address has been permanently changed.
With such redirection methods in place a visitor can see URL of the page to where redirection was made.
Frame Masking
With such redirection method in place a web-page will be located within the frame. For all click-throughs made within this frame the visitors will see the domain name, from which redirection was made. The text specified by you in settings of redirection rules will be displayed as a page title.
If you selected frame masking, the following two moments should be accounted for:
- When placing links inside your web-page to other resources, the link tag should include record target=_top. Otherwise, a foreign web-page may be opened inside your frame and a visitor will see your domain name in URL window. The example of correct link for this case:
<a href="https://www.nic.ru/" target="_top">Rucenter</a>
- Though hidden in the URL string, the true address of the web-page, to which redirection was made, can be easily traced by any visitor.
"With path retention" option
If an attempt is made to address the page located under the domain, for which the rule is composed, redirection will be made to the redirection address, to which the path to this page will be added.
Example:
If redirection address is set as: nic.ru, and redirection rule has been composed for domain dns.web-forward.ru, when addressing page dns.web-forward.ru/dns/ the visitor will be redirected to nic.ru/dns/.