If you do not like to go with Linode, you can just get a dynamic dns. I use dyndns, which gives you a program that cron runs to keep your IP up-to-date, because odds are, you have a dynamic IP.
On 3/2/2011 8:04 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
Okay... I am now seeing the value of paying someone else to do all this! Maybe I'll just tell people the ip of the server directly and have done with it! Thanks to all for the answers. On 3/2/11, Humberto Rodriguez<sub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:DNS stands for Domain Name Server. Internet works on IP addresses and when we request a domain for example, on the address bar of the browser, an FTP client or an email server, there is a server for that domain extension, for example a .com domain, which receives the request and through DNS entries, knows which DNS server to send it to; and the DNS server will in turn send it to the host that handles that domain, either as a host or virtual host. The host server knows which account and protocol to send the request to, whether a dedicated or shared server. Humberto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Littlefield, Tyler"<tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:37 PM Subject: Re: a bit ot: servers | 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. |>>> |>> |>> -- |>> |>> Thanks, |>> Ty |>> |>> __________ |>> View the list's information and change your settings at |>> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind |>> |>> |> | | | -- | | Thanks, | Ty | | __________ | View the list's information and change your settings at | //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind | __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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