New to Dedicated - Many questions

[Kimberly]

I just switched over to a dedicated server today and am have a list of questions I can’t seem to find help to in the knowledge base.

1) I want to get more domain names to park and point. Do I register the new name at any domain register site such as Godaddy.com then come set it up in with the park domain? Or do I have to input in the nameserver where I registered it? I am very clueless on how this works.

2) I see how to do a park domain but how do I point to a subdomain?

3) How do I set up my FTP program? It does not want to set up as easy as it did on a shared hosting.



Thank you
Kimberly

[Mr. Popularity]

I just switched over to a dedicated server today and am have a list of questions I can’t seem to find help to in the knowledge base.




Thank you
Kimberly


1) I want to get more domain names to park and point. Do I register the new name at any domain register site such as Godaddy.com then come set it up in with the park domain? Or do I have to input in the nameserver where I registered it? I am very clueless on how this works.

I have .com's .net's and .org's available for $8.00 :-D WITH name privacy! Since you're an HR customer, i can give you a discount since they're so good to me!

2) I see how to do a park domain but how do I point to a subdomain?

in the Apache HTTPD.CONF file, you setup a virtual server. Depending on how many IP's you have, this can be tricky to setup for special functions. It goes something like this:

<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias something-else.yourdomain.com
ServerAlias yet-another-something-else.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/so-called/public_html/folder"
</VirtualHost>

and THATS only basic. if you want to disable PHP, add a cgi-bin, etc.... it gets complicated (for a newbie). Not to even consider SSL :)

3) How do I set up my FTP program? It does not want to set up as easy as it did on a shared hosting.

the base install of the operating system does NOT have a ftp server compiled or running. the vs_ftp one sucks, so I recommend proFTPD. When you download proFTPD and unzip it, configure, compile, and install it using the following commands (For best performance and flexibility)

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --with-modules=mod_ldap:mod_sql:mod_sql_mysql:mod_ifsession:mod_quotatab:mod_ratio:mod_readme:mod_rewrite:m od_site_misc:mod_wrap --with-includes=/usr/include/mysql --with-libraries=/usr/lib/mysql --enable-timeout-ident=10 --enable-timeout-idle=300 --enable-timeout-linger=60 --enable-timeout-login=60 --enable-timeout-no-transfer=600 --enable-timeout-stalled=600

make

make install

[Mr. Popularity]

Also, keep in mind, that when you get an email or phone call saying your dedicated server is setup, you're getting a basic operating system installed with a dummy apache and dummy php. You have to configure it by hand... this means reading manuals, getting to know the config files, operating system locations, etc.

I'm available throughout the weekend to help.

Chris

[Kimberly]

Hi, I will keep the $8.oo deal in mind. I am paying $14.99 right now where I have been using in years.

I have been reading the http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cp/index.html docs over and over. Does anyone know of any step by step better direction. I looked half the day yesterday for a manual or book I could buy and I can’t find a thing.

Domain Pointer:

As far as pointing the subdomain - I should have ask my question better.

At the Addon Domain Maintenance button in the cpanel it says: “Addon Domains are domain names that point to subdirectories within your account.”

New Domain Name: (I input the new .com name) – correct?
Username/directory/subdomain Name: (Put in the sub-domain name) – correct?
Password: What password do I use? And why?

Then it says: Hint: This feature must be enabled for your account before you can use it. Addon Domains will not be functional unless the domain name is registered with a valid registrar and configured to point to our DNS servers.

- Putting your deal aside only because I want to understand this. I just don’t get where people leave this stuff. What to read or what classes to take.

Anyway, I go register a .com, put in the Nameserver settings and use the Addon Domain Maintenance to add it. Is this correct?

However, if I understand right, I can run my own Nameserver. How the heck does that work?

Lost – Confused – Need A Book !

Thank you,
Kimberly




1) I want to get more domain names to park and point. Do I register the new name at any domain register site such as Godaddy.com then come set it up in with the park domain? Or do I have to input in the nameserver where I registered it? I am very clueless on how this works.

I have .com's .net's and .org's available for $8.00 :-D WITH name privacy! Since you're an HR customer, i can give you a discount since they're so good to me!

2) I see how to do a park domain but how do I point to a subdomain?

in the Apache HTTPD.CONF file, you setup a virtual server. Depending on how many IP's you have, this can be tricky to setup for special functions. It goes something like this:

<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias something-else.yourdomain.com
ServerAlias yet-another-something-else.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/so-called/public_html/folder"
</VirtualHost>

and THATS only basic. if you want to disable PHP, add a cgi-bin, etc.... it gets complicated (for a newbie). Not to even consider SSL :)

3) How do I set up my FTP program? It does not want to set up as easy as it did on a shared hosting.

the base install of the operating system does NOT have a ftp server compiled or running. the vs_ftp one sucks, so I recommend proFTPD. When you download proFTPD and unzip it, configure, compile, and install it using the following commands (For best performance and flexibility)

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --with-modules=mod_ldap:mod_sql:mod_sql_mysql:mod_ifsession:mod_quotatab:mod_ratio:mod_readme:mod_rewrite:m od_site_misc:mod_wrap --with-includes=/usr/include/mysql --with-libraries=/usr/lib/mysql --enable-timeout-ident=10 --enable-timeout-idle=300 --enable-timeout-linger=60 --enable-timeout-login=60 --enable-timeout-no-transfer=600 --enable-timeout-stalled=600

make

make install

[Kimberly]

Also, keep in mind, that when you get an email or phone call saying your dedicated server is setup, you're getting a basic operating system installed with a dummy apache and dummy php. You have to configure it by hand... this means reading manuals, getting to know the config files, operating system locations, etc.

I'm available throughout the weekend to help.

Chris

That is good to know. I know nothing about php or apache. I have one easy top sites script running and that is it. I can’t even figure out how to install those pre-written scripts! So, if I do decide to try once again these pre-written scripts again – it will not work because the php has to be configured. – Correct? But I can use CGI scripts? Not that I know how but so I know.

Honestly, I have just started paying third party service for stuff I want to add to my web page. It is a great tax deduction and it is their job to deal with the script stuff.

Kimberly

[Mr. Popularity]

The default installation of apache is configured with a restrictive CGI bin. It is located in /var/www/cgi-bin and the default doc root is /var/www/html

Depending on how many domains you are hosting, you can organize things a little bit and maybe create home directories for each domain. For example:

domain1 = /home/domain1/ftproot and /home/domain1/wwwroot
domain2 = /home/domain2/ftproot blah blah

BUT none of this will be possible if you put cpanel on there. cPanel totally takes over your system and does things its way.