Internal DNS issue

Question

Our internal network has been setup with the same domain as our external website.

We currently point a www record at the server IP (acquia) - this works but means we don’t get cloudflare’s management and SSL etc

I’m wondering if there’s any way to actually get our internal DNS to resolve to cloudflare?

Thanks, Stuart

Why do you point the record at the server? Why aren’t you pointing the record at cloudflare? — Appleoddity, Nov 28 '19 at 16:10
If you purchase a domain.Then what is the point of creating a same in your network.You can use the same....? — Manikandan Ram, Nov 28 '19 at 17:04
If you create same domain in internal DNS the resolution will never go outside unless you change DNS server on client — Abhishek Mishra, Nov 28 '19 at 17:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 01:14

Yes you can add NS records internally for the www subdomain and point it to your public dns nameservers, you could also add a 'forward zone' if you provided more information like what dns server you're using you'd get a more precise answer.

Basically;

Nameserver

dig +short NS example.com

then add www.example.com IN NS <result from above> to your internal DNS

Or

zone forward

zone "www.example.com" {
    type forward;
    forward only;
    forwarders { 1.1.1.1; 8.8.8.8; };
};

Next time, use a subdomain like ad.contoso.com or lan.contoso.com

Internal DNS issue

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