Re: a bit ot: servers
- From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 20:49:05 -0500
Okay, so I register with one of these nameservers, giving them my
domain name (mydomain.ext) and I also tell them the ip of my server?
On 3/2/11, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The point of a nameserver is to provide redundancy; if one fails, there
> is another one in backup. One specification is that they are on separate
> systems, to help with the redundancy. Essentially the nameservers run
> dns servers, which send out the records for the dns requests. That's
> about as much of it as I understand.
> On 3/2/2011 4:04 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>> I was hoping to avoid a monthly or yearly bill, though having root
>> access does sound nice. While it may be more work, is it possible to
>> register a domain on my own server (that converted pc)? What exactly
>> do you mean by a nameserver, and how is it different from the server
>> you get when you install apache or a similar program?
>>
>> On 3/2/11, Littlefield, Tyler<tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello Alex, First, you can save a lot of the trouble by grabbing up a
>>> linode. $20/m gets you a sweet server, and it's your own. It's a vps
>>> system, but you get root so you can do whatever you want. They also run
>>> their own DNS servers, so you don't need to do dns yourself. Let me know
>>> if this is something you are interested in, I have a refer code. What
>>> you need to do is find someone that hands out domain names, then point
>>> that domain at a nameserver.
>>> On 3/2/2011 3:44 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I am in a class in which we have to download WAMP. I did, and I also
>>>> got Django (a Python web framework) since I love Python and had never
>>>> tried Django before. After using it, I really like it and I am toying
>>>> with setting up an old pc of mine as a server. It would be low
>>>> traffic, probably no more than a hundred visitors at a time (and
>>>> usually few to none), but I really like the idea of having control
>>>> over everything instead of renting space where I have to shell into it
>>>> and cannot add, for example, libraries or upgrades.
>>>>
>>>> My question is: I had a domain registered, but I let it lapse. It was
>>>> through ipowerweb.com. First, can I re-register it for less somewhere
>>>> else, paying whomever gets paid for this sort of thing directly?
>>>> Second, is it possible to have that domain point to an ip of my
>>>> choice, namely my Apache server's ip? If so, how would I configure
>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance. When I google stuff like this, I only get offers
>>>> for cheap domain registration, but they all come with server plans,
>>>> which I do not want.
>>>>
>>>
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>>> Ty
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