[ubuntu-in] Hosting sites on ubuntu

Mehul Ved mehul.n.ved at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 18:03:35 BST 2008


On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:41 PM, mallikarjun arjun
<mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>  I am planning to host a website on my Ubuntu host with  LAMP server and
> drupal CMS, and bought domain name also, everything from my side is done,

Is it just a hobby site or your primary one? If it is the latter, have
you considered
1) Whether you have enough bandwidth
2) If your network speed is fast enough
3) You have adequate security in place
4) WIll your PC and net be up 24/7
5) You have adequate backup in place

> but dont know how to link my dynamic ipaddress with domain name. can any one
> of you help me?

Check dyndns and no-ip.org

> I can connect from outside using my ipaddress. is that
> called DNS server setup?

No, Your desired DNS name should point to your IP address, that is the
correct setup. So, you will have to sign up with dyndns or no-ip,
which will track your IP address and thus update your hostname
registered with them with your current iP. You can point your own
domain as a CNAME to your registered hostname on one of those
services. And to be able to do this, you might need to sign up with
services like everydns or freedns
In my case, I have home.mehulved.com pointing to my home PC. But, it's
much easier for me since I have a static IP.



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