Category: Mac OS X Desktop Software

Docker Test Container For Watch My Domains SED v4

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CodePunch Solutions have published a set of simple docker files that will allow you to quickly spin up a test container for Watch My Domains SED v4 on Mac OS X or Windows desktop.

This requires a working installation of Docker Desktop in your system. You should then clone or downlod the docker files from github to get started.

Download Required Docker Files

Clone the project into a convenient folder (or download the ZIP from githuib and unzip into a folder) and then edit docker-compose.yml to change the MySQL root and user passwords. You may also change the port from 8000 to whatever you want to use.

Edit wmdsed4/config.php to change the MySQL user password to the same one you setup in the YML file. While there, change the setup user name and password ($db_config_setup_name, $db_config_setup_password) too.

Open a terminal (in Mac) or Windows command-line and change to the docker-wmdsed4 directory. Now run

docker-compose build

followed by

docker-compose up -d

wait for the containers to spin up and then open http://localhost:8000 in your browser. There will be a short delay before the Watch My Domains application starts up for the first time. Use the setup username and password you specified in the config.php file to login.

Notes

This is purely for a quick test of Watch My Domains SED, don’t use in a production environment unless:

  1. Physical or remote access to your system is restricted AND
  2. You really know what you are doing

The application will be run without SSL. You can modify the docker file (wmdsed4/Dockerfile) to include SSL support and access the application over SSL.

The database files are stored in a host folder (wmdsed4/mysql), so you can safely stop the containers without losing data.

This doesn’t include any of the application files. The evaluation version of Watch My Domains SED is downloaded from domainpunch.com when you build the container.

Thick Whois Transition for COM/NET Domains

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The COM and NET registry is in the process of transitioning into thick whois format and the registrar whois server token has changed in the registry whois. While this may or may not be related to the transition it has caused the secondary whois lookups to not occur in all our domain name management software tools. You can easily fix this with a simple configuration change.

We will be updating all the software products on Monday (July 31, 2017) after which this manual configuration will not be required.  We have updated most of our software products.

Windows Desktop Software

Right click on any COM domain and select “Whois Setup > Basic Whois Settings”. Scroll down to the entry for “Whois Server Token” and enter

Registrar WHOIS Server:

as the token. Press ‘Close’. Redo the lookup.  Please don’t change the alphabet case, enter exactly as above.

Whois Server Setup

Watch My Domains SED

Click on the “Whois Setup” button and type in COM into the TLD box and click click “Go”. Select the “Extraction” tab and add the following extraction data for the whois.crsnic.net whois server

[*]=>*
Registrar WHOIS Server:=>whois_server

Click the “Submit Changes” button to save.

Please don’t change the alphabet case, enter exactly as above. See here for details about extraction tokens.

Watch My Domains SED parse table

Watch My Domains Mac

Click on any COM domain in your domain list and select “Edit >> Registry Whois Setup” from the application menu. Click on the “Parse Tab;e” tab and add the following extraction entry into the parse table for whois.crsnic.net

Registrar WHOIS Server:=>whois_server

Please don’t change the alphabet case, enter exactly as above. See here for details about parse table and extraction tokens.

Watch My Domains Parse Table for COM

Configuring IO Domains in Watch My Domains Mac

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Do you have trouble extracting the relevant information for IO domains in Watch My Domains Mac?

The correct whois server for IO domains is whois.nic.io

You will also need to configure the parse table for IO to the following:

Expiry=>Expiry Date
Status=>Status
NS 1=>Name Server
NS 2=>Name Server
NS 3=>Name Server
NS 4=>Name Server
Owner Name=>Owner

 

Please see the screen-shot below.

IO TLD setup in Watch My Domains

 

Which Domain Name Software Product Should You Buy?

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We have a large number of software products related to domain names and domain name management. So we often get asked questions about what product to buy or if there is a single product that does everything.

There is no single product you can buy, however our products fall into three distinct categories.

If you want to search and filter deleted domain lists from different providers use Domain Name Filter Pro. This will allow you to find good domain names from large lists. You can even import various drop and deletion lists with a single click from within the software. Domain Name Filter Pro is available only for Windows.

If you want to create domain names from keywords and alpha-numeric templates and then check for availability use Domain Name Analyzer Pro (Windows only). Mac OS X users can use Watch My Domains for Mac.

If you want to manage your domain name portfolio and keep track of expiry dates, name servers and a lot of other stuff use one of the domain name portfolio management software products.  You can use our handy comparison table to find a suitable domain management solution.

There are some bundle offers too.

Domain Name Portfolio Management

Watch My Domains – Windows and Mac Bundle

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Do you use both Windows and Mac Computers? Here is a bundle offer just for you!

Get the Watch My Domains for Mac and Windows Bundle

Please Note: The two software products are different, so you will not be able to open the files created in the Mac version using the Windows version. You should consider the server edition (Watch My Domains SED) if you you want to maintain a centralized, cloud hosted, domain name portfolio database and access it from anywhere and / or any device.

Compare Domain Name Portfolio Management Software

Watch My Domains for Mac OS X

Watch My Domains for Mac OS X Updated

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We have updated Watch My Domains for Mac OS X to add support for automatic whois configuration.

Automatic whois configuration

The software will now automatically do a whois setup when you add a domain with a TLD that has not yet been configured. You no longer have to do manual configurations or wait for a software update. With so many new TLDs becoming available, manually configuring each TLD is not a viable option anymore. This feature will make managing domains a lot more easy.

This feature is already available in the Windows and Web Server editions of our domain manager software products.

Watch My Domains for Mac OS X
Watch My Domains for Mac OS X

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You will have to wait a few days for the download link to be available in the Apple Mac store.

Domain Name Management Software

WatchMy.Domains features a number of applications to manage domain names From Windows & Mac Desktop or web browser. Please see the product comparison table.