You configure the DNS name pool for the purpose of improving link translation, and for using multiple DNS domains. Multiple DNS domains allow several customers to be hosted on the same Hybrid Access Gateway platform, and a single access point to serve multiple designs of logon pages as well as of the Application portal. This feature is mainly useful for ASP solutions.
The registered DNS names define the pool of available DNS names. To use multiple DNS domains, you define several DNS names for the access point.
All DNS names must also be registered in a public DNS server, or written to the hosts file on the client machine that uses the system.
When a user makes a request using a registered mapped DNS name, the access point looks up which server to connect to and which protocol to use and sends the request towards this server.
In Hybrid Access Gateway, three methods of DNS mapping are supported:
- URL mapping
The resource is mapped to a path instead of using a mapped DNS name. - Reserved DNS mapping
The resource is mapped to a specific DNS name. - Pooled DNS mapping
The resource is assigned a DNS name on first access point request towards an internal server.
You specify which method of DNS mapping to use when adding or editing a resource.