How To Get Started The Hosting?

[webking]

Ok, perhaps there is an article about how to get started with web hosting. However, I couldn't find it at the moment so I make this post. Please excuse.

Ok this is what I have.

- A VPS with ISPCONFIG installed (all services are live: named, apache, dns, mail, ftp, etc)
- An IP address: 11.22.33.44
- A domain www.mydomain.com (Don't know what NS to use? Use VPS provider's name server?)


How do I get started to host web sites with a single ip above with my own name server or the VPS provider's name servers?

How do I set up DNS? I have followed the instructions on how to setup my own DNS with ISPCONFIG.

What exactly do I need here? Please assist.

Also, if I coppied this brand new VPS w/ISPConfig installed (no sites) to another VPS, what should I be editing? /etc/host ...? please xplain. THanks.

[falko]

How do I get started to host web sites with a single ip above with my own name server or the VPS provider's name servers?

How do I set up DNS? I have followed the instructions on how to setup my own DNS with ISPCONFIG.

What exactly do I need here? Please assist.What's the output of dig ns mydomain.com?

Also, if I coppied this brand new VPS w/ISPConfig installed (no sites) to another VPS, what should I be editing? /etc/host ...? please xplain. THanks.
Take a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2717&highlight=moving+ispconfig
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2760

[webking]

dig ns viet-usa.com
; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> ns viet-usa.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 15150
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;viet-usa.com. IN NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
viet-usa.com. 80623 IN NS ns2.hostmonster.com.
viet-usa.com. 80623 IN NS ns1.hostmonster.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.hostmonster.com. 171728 IN A 74.220.195.131

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 66.90.121.2#53(66.90.121.2)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 5 17:02:45 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94


Still need help..

I've read the post you mentioned and I've done correctly.

This is what I have:

1. A vps with a single IP address

a. what name server should I be using? is it right that I should use my vps provider dns? ns1.myvpsprovider.com & ns2.myvpsprovider.com
b. what to check and what needs to do...

Thanks so much... I m confused.

[falko]

You can create all DNS records for viet-usa.com on the name servers ns1.hostmonster.com and ns2.hostmonster.com. That way you don't have to run your own name servers.