[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 62, Issue 44

[Anton Piatek]

On 13 June 2010 13:20, Paul Willis <paul.willis at me.com> wrote:
> That's a bit of an open ended question. Running a name server is pretty straightforward it's just a matter of running bind and configuring it but like learning apache and how to set that up, it's another whole new world.
>
> Do you have a domain name already? Most registrars offer domain name services as part of registering the domain with them. In which case it would be a matter of entering the IP of you apache server in their control panel.
>
> You can of course do it yourself. You will need a minimum of two separate name servers, ideally on different networks.
>
> Paul
>
> On 13 Jun 2010, at 12:00, ubuntu-uk-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
>>
>> Thank you very much guys, as far as i understand, i just need to add a new
>> vhost on the server side in order to set it up.
>> But how about on the registrar side? It seems to want Nameservers, not an IP
>> address to link too?
>>
>> What are nameservers, are they easy enough to set up?

I use freedns.afraid.org - its free (though I'm sure a donation would
be appreciated) and gives you a web-interface to control all your DNS
records and even does dynamic dns type stuff

Anton
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