fqdn - Bugzilla: can I configure one "urlbase" that works internally and externally?

PROBLEM:

I have Bugzillla 3.6 running on Linux, with a Windows 2008 server for our internal DNS.

I need to set Bugzilla's urlbase" so the SAME configuration will work for INTERNAL clients (EX: http://bugs.local/bugzilla) as well as EXTERNAL clients (EX: http://bugs.mycompany.com/bugzilla).

• External works OK: I configure urlbase to "bugs.mycompany.com/bugzilla", and I'm able to log in to Bugzilla from outside our LAN with no problem.




• Internal doesn't work at all unless I hack :





• WORKAROUND: notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts =>

  
  
  

  192.168.1.200 http://bugs.mycompany.com
  

Q: It seems that urlbase requires a fully qualified domain name (e.g. bugs.mycompany.com).

I absolutely cannot use one FQDN for both external clients (bugs.mycompany.com) and internal clients (bugs.mycompany.local).

Is there ANY "one size fits all" option for Bugzilla's "url_base"??????????????

Answer

There is no option such as this. If it were possible to configure more than one URLbase, Bugzilla could only know which one to send to a particular client by knowing the details of your internal network - what is an internal IP, and what is an external IP.

The correct fix is to set up your internal company DNS servers to return the value "192.168.1.200" when asked about "bugs.mycompany.com". Then the Right Thing will happen, and you don't have to edit /etc/hosts on every machine.

Gerv