the time has come migrate new web server. we've referenced server directly name. i'm told (outside of connection strings) it's not practical reference server dns name.
so when moving web sites new server new name, i'm faced finding instances of old server name in settings, connection strings , (god forbid) hard coded programs , updating new server name.
well, if i'm going that, can't replace sort of alias or other means of indirection don't have again next time? what's best practice here?
thanks!
i think misunderstood. should reference server dns name, not host name. example, instead of web-server-yoda.mysite.com (the name of server) should create dns entry intranet.mysite.com , point @ server. then, if need change servers, it's simple matter of updating dns entry point new server.
as how set dns, that's not programming. should @ our site site, serverfault.com.
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