[OT] Opinions about On-Rev

[Alex Tweedly]

Sarah Reichelt wrote:
>>> [...] wanted to test it out before changing the DNS entries.
>>> I created a sub-domain "troz.troz.on-rev.com" so I could migrate my
>>> site & test it, before changing it to an AddOn domain and altering the
>>> DNS.
>>>       
>> So the question was quite precise ....  how do you "change a sub-domain to
>> an AddOn domain" ?
>>     
>
> I haven't got to that stage yet, but I assume that when I make an
> Add-On domain, I can tell it to use the folder that contains my
> sub-domain.
>   
I think you can; it certainly seems to allow that, but I get an error 
message, and the addon domain is not configured, so I can't tell for 
sure. (But then, I get pretty much the same error just trying to create 
an addon domain with its own folder).

What I get is:
> Error from park wrapper: Using nameservers with the following IPs: 
> 208.96.10.221,66.33.206.206,66.33.216.216 Sorry, the domain is already 
> pointed to an IP address that does not appear to use DNS servers 
> associated with this server. Please transfer the domain to this 
> servers nameservers or have your administrator add one of its 
> nameservers to /etc/ips.remotedns and make the proper A entries on 
> that remote nameserver.
and cPanel says that the addon domain was not created.   I could kind of 
understand the DNS warning, so if cPanel said the domain had been 
created, I would have thought it was just a question of going ahead with 
the transfer, but for now cPanel insists that no addon domains have been 
configured.
> If not, then it will get it's own folder and I will just transfer all
> my files from the test sub-domain to the new Add-On domain folder.
>
> I plan to make a complete backup before I try any of this :-)
>
>   
A backup isn't the problem :-). The problem is that if I transfer the 
domain, and it turns out that cPanel is correct that the domain hasn't 
been set up, then it will just stop working for my current users. I'll 
have all the files - but they won't be reachable.

-- Alex.