Hosting my own domain?

Hi, Kate

You can actually host your own DNS servers - even if I'm not sure that's a very good idea cause it's a real full time job...

In that way, you won't have to pay anyone. Also, while it's highly recommended that you have two DNS servers, for fault tolerance, it's not a requirement.

My best advice would be that you can use the Windows DNS server to do so, and you can even host the DNS server on the same machine as the Web server. All you need to do thiis is forwarding DNS connections to the IP address of your Web server on your private network.

In your domain configuration, you'll ask to point to the IP address on the public interface of your router for your DNS server.

Also, you can have a look here, this might help (a lot): http://quick-help.net/Host-Own-Domain

Don't hesitate to write another post if you have some more problems with this DNS stuff.

Good luck!

Hi

I want make my own server. than i would like to host other people's websites on my server. wat steps should i have to carry out.

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Hi
I want to know if it is possible to host my website in my own web server at home?I am using Linux Os with Apache installed on it. so i want to know if it is possible and if it is,then please i need to know the steps i should follow to accomplish this.
The reason I'm doing this is for studies because now I'm learning by my self LAMP and also i want to learn other related web technologies ./
Regards....

I, too, am working to do just that. I have in the past been successful hosting a single website at a location. Several things must be in place. First and foremost you need to check to see what ports are "blocked" by your service provider (mine is CoxCable) then inside your router (one with a static IP address - only available to me with a Business account) you can set up a DMZ computer. This means that you should static IP the machine used for webhosting. Then do the installs. I have found several great HOWTOs on HOWTOFORGE for setting up a LAMP server. I have loaded Wordpress and a shopping cart on my LAMP machine.

I will be exposing it to the web as soon as I can set up virtual sites because my goal now is to host several sites on this server. So, I'm off to learn about nameservers, Bind 9, chroot 'n, and other yet undiscovered territories.

So good luck with your endeavor.

ahhh i;ve been trying to figure out bind9 and domain names for weeks, each time i get stuck and more confused, please someone post a nice and easy(dummy) version of how to setup, run, and test a DNS server such as BIND 9. and please dont just post a site name to go to. i've probly already been to it ;)