[request] A Guide: DNS made ridiculously simple
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ginger lee
MemberHi Guv,
Note sure if this is a valid request (if it is not, no problem), but a simple guide on the basics of DNS would be much appreciated.
I can never get my head around anything DNS related. Some examples of things that confuse me:
A-records, cnames, name servers, wild cards, park, slave, master, reverse dns, forward dns, the role software such as webmin plays in managing dns...
Not looking for anything comprehensive, just a few sentences applied perhaps to an example
p.s., I think part of my confusion comes from the fact that my VPS host does not have a DNS manager, and my domain is currently registered through godaddy (which has its own DNS manager).
Posted 2 years ago # -
Hi Ginger, noted, thank you!
(I want to put together a series on using Bind too, for those without a DNS Manager .. will likely combine)
Posted 2 years ago # -
ginger lee
Memberuraxs, thanks for the help. I have yet to try virtualmin/webmin since I am still not sure what role they play in DNS management.
As I mentioned, my VPS host (prgmr) does not provide any DNS management, and my domain is registered with a 3rd party (godaddy).
Where I get confused is: In such a setup as mine, what can tools such as virtualmin/webmin (which I assume is a GUI based front-end for BIND?) do for managing domains, sub-domains, etc?thanks.
Posted 2 years ago # -
pleeeease someone tell me they've heard different but, to the best of my knowledge, webmin/v'min won't yet work properly with nginx
but, ginger, bind is your friend.
bear with me, this fastcgi series finishes in the next couple of tuts, then i'll be 101'ing permissions and then bind
Posted 2 years ago # -
pleeeease someone tell me they've heard different but, to the best of my knowledge, webmin/v'min won't yet work properly with nginx
but, ginger, bind is your friend.
bear with me, this fastcgi series finishes in the next couple of tuts, then i'll be 101'ing permissions and then bind
Posted 2 years ago # -
uraxs
MemberGinger, it's best to install webmin on a freshly installed OS, so if this is not your case then I'd advise against it. However, Virtualmin/ Webmin have a great tutorial section which will answer most of your questions. Webmin is basically a backend site management tool with a GUI which allows you to do just about anything you want and is very comprehensive and flexible. Virtualmin extends this functionality to manage the Virtual Hosts environment.
Posted 2 years ago # -
uraxs
MemberGuv- it's true unfortunately, the key words here are "works properly", however it's the other way around. nginx is difficult to manage because there's yet to be a gui interface that will work with virtualmin/ webmin, yet they can coexist. I can get you details if you want.
Posted 2 years ago # -
uraxs
Memberhttp://www.virtualmin.com/node/9169 this is a good thread
Posted 2 years ago # -
Anonymous
UnregisteredThanks Uraxs and ginger lee. I have learned a ton by just reading these tuts and reading all the feedback from the forum. I'm gonna take a gander at this as well.. Also guv and folks I feel like a total idiot for posting this question here and I apologize if it may seem as spam but I can't seem to post a new topic. This is my issue
I am hoping you might be able to help me or anyone for that matter. I have followed all the tuts religiously and on the last step I was signing up for google apps to receive incoming mail. When I was etting up my test site http://www.roguediaries.com I had it set up as that in the vhost file following the tut serve-multiple-sites-blogs-with-virtual-hosts. When I set up my website I had managed to make it http://www.roguediaries.com and when I was signing up for google apps I think I had put in the domain I own when I bought the domain and shared service from bluehost but I never set up a site with them. After doing your whole tut step by step I set up the site and was getting to the google apps section when I am dead in the water. I set up the account, was in the process of doing the Verify Domain Ownership with setting up a googlehostedservice.html page and loaded that up the root folder in filezilla and then when it points it goes to http://roguediaries.com which it can't find. So I decided to try and change the domain to http://roguediaries.com That is when things have been at a standstill. I went back into the vhost file and per your instructions in regards to switching changing www. to just http:// with sudo nano /usr/local/nginx/sites-available/roguediaries.com and updated the symbolic links. Restarted nginx and said there was a conflict on port 80 and nginx ignored so when I typed in http://mydomain it didn't take so I went back the sites-available/roguediaries.com and reverted it back to http://www.roguediaries.com and which it is up right now. But Now I can't get googlE apps to verify my domain ownership name. At this point I do not know what to do and know I would like to try and get it to be just http://rogiediaries.com so maybe it will work with google apps.
Posted 2 years ago # -
hey Mike .. got your emaiol m8 .. you did manage to post this then, no?
I think you need to readdress 3 areas (with a nice cuppa tea m8 :P):-
- GA (does is still say NOT verified?)
- DNS
- vhost.. but I have to say, changing www to non-www or vice versa should be as simple as swapping the rewrites around in the vhost.
.. and I can't see what D'Host would have to do with it .. nothing
.. well, you have pointed your nameservers to your server, huh?
.. anyhow, some food for thought.
Posted 2 years ago # -
mcsmythe
MemberHey Guv (and fellow webmasters) thanks for resetting my password. I can't seem to wrap my head around this pickle. I still can't verify domain ownership with google apps though it says it takes 48 hours but I guess the issue is simply that when I type in http://roguediaries.com in browsers it doesn't roll to http://www.roguediaries.com. You can see that the www is up and running but can't automatically roll from http:// to http://www. since I am a noob I am getting more confused and drinking more scotch and smacking more monitors.
So google apps still didn't verify because it can't find http://roguediaries.com/googlehostedservice.html which I understand since http://roguediaries.com won't come up though http://www.roguediaries.com will come up.
Since I am a noob I am and regarding DNS I am using linode for my VPS. I set the DNS as roguediaries.com in my linode. and originally had bluehost though I never set up anything with them and during the set up phase changed my nameservers there to point to ns1.linode.com to ns6linode.com and I have the RDNS as mail.roguediaries.com
I really am at a loss why http:// and http://www doesn't roll into one and visa versa.
Technically my beta site is up but I can't figure this pickle up. I do not want to re-install everything and do this all over because I won't have any hair left to pull out!!
Anyone out there have any ideas???
Thanks,
mikePosted 2 years ago # -
uraxs
Member@mcsmythe -try changing it back to www and relax, it takes a while for the servers to propagate the change, especially when initiated on a friday afternoon. Also, did you register both blablabla.com and http://www.blablabla.com on your nameservers? if not, people will have to enter the www the first time they visit your site if they type it in manually. if things don't resolve within about 36hrs then let us know
Posted 2 years ago # -
.. and re-check that vhost Mike, cos if it's not resolving (immediately) www and non-www, whichever way round they are, it's wrong!
in fact, rip it up and start again with the vhost bit, and restart Nginx.
and, hey, no more Scotch .. it may be a Friday but the bar's not open for at least another hour :P
Posted 2 years ago # -
.. well, maybe a wee dram then
Posted 2 years ago # -
mcsmythe
MemberThanks Guv and Thanks Uraxs so far for your help. You guys are awesome. I have learned a ton so far. So 6 days later after a BRURTAL wacky flu and I'm back in the saddle again. I looked at my vhost file and it seems to be good (I will paste it below). Uraxs you are right it did take a while for the servers to propagate. It must have verified domain ownership since I am now able to login and send a test email from my google apps domain name to a personal email. I guess since I am a noob i do have 2 questions. Since I have linode.com as my VPS host I thought I registered both blablabla.com and http://www.blablabla.com on my nameservers but it looks like it only on my NS records I have ns1-6 and it corresponds with a subdomain as blahblah.com in order to be able to add http://www.blahblah.com I need to add 5 new NS records with the same linode name servers to correspond with a new sub domain http://www.blahblah.com? I apologize for the rookie questions guys. I am definetly learning as I go along and putting the whiskey down and picking up the cofee Guv!
Also fellas it also seems since I am able to send a test email from google apps to my persoanl email but I can't recieve to my google apps email address i assume I need to create new MX records with the corresponding values from google Set up email delivery.
MX Server address Priority
ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 10
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 20
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 20
ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30Currently the mx record I have is mail.blahblah.com. I apologize for any dummy newb questions guys. Like I said Guv You are simply the man and uraxs I have learned quite a bit reading some of your post forum replies in various parts of the site.
Thanks,
mcsmythePosted 2 years ago # -
mcsmythe
MemberSo far i realized my previous mistake. It wasn't an issue with my vhost file I think but rather I didn't read directions well. I first didn't have exaple.com as a DNS hostname I just set up a A/AAAA record for http://www.example.com and didn't set up one for example.com. Thanks uraxs for pointing that one out and guv I'm an idiota for not letting that register in the old noggin on part 18 moving your blog. Ughh. I guess it took the full 72 hours for GA to authroze my domain and can send test emails. So in order to receive test emails I put in the MX values that GA said to put in new MX records. It should take 48 hours to propagate. I am just wondering is ok to have an already MX record which is mail.mydomain.com so I could send outgoing mail? I wonder if having multiple MX records googles and my previous one in linode with mail.domain.com.. Like I said I was idiot and sorry for the dumb questions. I guess I will wait 48 hours and see what happens.
Thanks guys.
mikePosted 2 years ago # -
bloody hell that was long :P
Posted 2 years ago # -
Geoffrey Eggins
MemberHi guys,
I am using Jumba unmanaged vps in australia and cannot seem to find a DNS or Domain manager included. Doh! the Linode one looks nice. Shame I don't have it. I, like ginger have a domain with godaddy as well. Keen to get that tutorial on Bind when you have it done Guv. Thanks for what you have done so far. Up to this point everything has gone to plan, but stuck for the moment. :(
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