enter the host name (e.g. www):www - I have a second server

[tadelste]

Please enter your MySQL server:localhost
OK
Please enter your MySQL user:root
Please enter your MySQL password:
Please enter a name for the ISPConfig database (e.g. db_ispconfig):
Please enter a name for the ISPConfig database (e.g. db_ispconfig):db_ispconfig
Please enter the IP address of the ISPConfig web (e.g. 192.168.0.1)
OK
Please enter the host name (e.g. www):www

The last one gets me. I have a second server which I call server2. It has a complete install of ISPConfig and acts as my secondary DNS server.

I used www as the value on the first server, strictly as a result of seeing this default text AND not knowing if this is some MySQL convention.

Will someone explain the logic of this host name and recommend the host name?

[till]

Hi Tom,

the hostname is not used for mysql. It is the hostname that you use to connect to your server.

Example:

Your server address is: server1.yourdomain.com

Then enter in the installer:

host name: server1
domain: yourdomain.com

The installer tries to ping "server1.yourdomain.com", so make sure that the addres is connected and points to the IP of your server.