Setup App Environment in SharePoint 2013: Part 2

In this article we will be linking our App Domain to the SharePoint Server. Please find this link for Part 1 (Set Up App Enviroment in SharePoint 2013: Part 1 ).

Link App Domain to SharePoint Server

1. In the DNS Manager expand the Forward Lookup Zone and right-click on the new domain that you have just created to host your SharePoint Apps. Select New Alias (CNAME). See the following screenshot:
   
   
   
   
2. Fill in the fields as shown below, where you need to select FQDN by browsing to the current domain and select the host that you have just created in previous steps. Click on OK. See the following screenshot.
   
   
   
   
3. Now we need to test wheteher or not the newly created domain is working fine. For this open a Command Prompt and try pining the domain as shown below.
   
   Note: You can write anything in the prefix for your app domain.
   
   

Now here we have linked our Domain to the SharePoint Server so the DNS configuration part for our App Development is over here. In my next installment of this article series we will be going through the SharePoint side of App Development Setup where we need to Activate Services and setup some app related Service Applications.

Meanwhile keep learning…Keep SharePointing !!!