Setup Domain for Server

defendersmusic · 01-06-2009, 03:46 AM

I got a dedicated server, setup LAMP, and have bought a domain. Web pages are working, but I have no idea how to setup my domain to point to my server.

My domain name setup gives me 3 choices:

DNS Setup:

Zone Records:

URL Forwarding:

I normally use DNS with webhosting, but since I have a dedi server, I have no idea what nameservers to use (or if my server even has any).

If anyone could help, that would be great, I need my domain setup ASAP.

Edit: Oh, and I'm running Debian 4.0 if that matters at all.

eco · 01-06-2009, 04:44 AM

I'm a bit unclear on what you mean so I'll offer a couple of possibilities.

If you mean you don't know how to get your domain to point to your website: just make sure that www.yourdomain.com points to the public IP of your server.

If you mean that your server is behind a firewall and you don't know how to have it serve your web pages. Point www.yourdomain.com to your routers public IP addess and have your router NAT the traffic on port 80/443 to your Debian LAMP box.

Hope this helps. If not, give us more info

robertjinx · 01-06-2009, 05:28 AM

You need to talk to the guys from where you got the dedicated server, to give you the NS servers, which u will add to your domain... and then they will point the domain to the IP address of you dedicated box. This should do the trick.

defendersmusic · 01-06-2009, 05:55 AM

I was told to set my "A" zone record to my server's IP address, and it should do the trick.

So far it hasn't worked, or perhaps i haven't waited long enough? (~12h)

robertjinx · 01-06-2009, 07:05 AM

Did u try to see where your domain is pointing? What ip address... like host domain.com or dig domain.com?!