Subdoamins, DNS, Name servers etc

[timaaarrreee]

Hi all,

I have very recently installed ispconfig on an debian system and have purchased a domain to go with it. I am wanting the server to give subdomains as a website to my friends But i have a few problems:

1. I want to run my run my website the server itself but there is a shared IP page there (How do i access that page with FTP to put my own files there instead?)

2. Will i need to do something with DNS records or something to get sub-dmaains to work for example leave the hostname to www and make the domain (user).khost.co.nz?

3. How do i issue domains that offer email e.g pop.khost.co.nz and smtp.khost.co.nz?

Hope that is not asking for too much :o
Tim.

[torusturtle]

1. create a email user and add the Administrator tick.
There is only one Admin user per domain possible.
If you want to create subdomains for your friends I advice you to create a new page and fill in the subdomain name under Hostname instead of "www"
In this case you can create a Admin user for your friends and they can't login to your web

To access just use www.yourdomain.tld as address your email account (e.g. web1_admin) as user and the password

2. I would create the following entrys:
yourdomain.tld A yourIP
*.yourdomain.tld CNAME yourdomain.tld
mail.yourdomain.tld MX 10 yourdomain.tld
yourdomain.tld TXT v=spf1 a mx ~all

3. if you have installed ISPConfig following the perfect setup then emails are available as soon as you create a email user.
Address is whatever you want and have in your DNS. (e.g. mail.yourdomain.tld)

[timaaarrreee]

thanks, im not sure what you mean with the "yourdomain.tld TXT v=spf1 a mx ~all" part how do i enter that.

I also thought id let you know that i am using a dynamic IP so i have a dns service at afraid.org

[falko]

thanks, im not sure what you mean with the "yourdomain.tld TXT v=spf1 a mx ~all" part how do i enter that.Take a look at http://www.howtoforge.com/ispconfig_dns_providerdomain_schlund

I also thought id let you know that i am using a dynamic IP so i have a dns service at afraid.orgIn this case you don't need ISPConfig's DNS Manager at all. You need it only if you want to run your own DNS server.

[timaaarrreee]

so how come my subdomains wont work e.g www.tim.khost.co.nz

[timaaarrreee]

so how come my subdomains wont work e.g www.tim.khost.co.nz
should i get a static IP to save the stress:eek:

[falko]

There's no DNS record for that hostname:

server2:~# dig www.tim.khost.co.nz

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> www.tim.khost.co.nz
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 5064
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.tim.khost.co.nz. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
khost.co.nz. 3600 IN SOA ns1.afraid.org. dnsadmin.afraid.org. 804170001 86400 7200 3600000 3600

;; Query time: 458 msec
;; SERVER: 213.191.92.84#53(213.191.92.84)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 17 22:44:47 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96

server2:~#Please create one.

[timaaarrreee]

Will this have to ba a type A record and how will this link to my users onces it goes to my ip address?

i have this subdomain working to my server but it just loads the default page of apache "It Works"

[timaaarrreee]

i have this subdomain working to my server but it just loads the default page of apache "It Works"

Just the same as www.khost.co.nz

[falko]

Will this have to ba a type A recordIt can be an A or CNAME record.

and how will this link to my users onces it goes to my ip address?

What do you mean with "link"?

[timaaarrreee]

when i create an A record off my domain it simply does to my homepage instead of the users page. Thats what i mean by linking to their site.

[falko]

What do you mean with "homepage" and "user's page"? Can you describe the problem in more detail?

[timaaarrreee]

when i add a subdomain in my freedns.afraid.org (as an 'A' record) service it goes to the shared IP page instead of going the the users virtual site. I cant see how it supose to know which site to go to.

HERE IS A DIAGRAM I MADE TO EXPLAIN:

http://www.geocities.com/timaaarrreee/site.png

[falko]

You must create a web site for that subdomain in ISPConfig, or add this subdomain as a Co-Domain to an existing web site.