----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashish kulkarni" <kulkarni_ash13@yahoo.com>
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up hosts & nameservers etc.
> Hi u can find
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/
> for all the info about configuring apache
>
> Ashish
> --- Ken Brooks <kenbrooks@sevensoft.net> wrote:
> > Please read before flaming.
> >
> > I have setup Apache a few times as a webserver
> > within a company or for my own amusement.
> > I have setup tomcat and also gotten php and mysql to
> > work nicely.
> >
> > So i'm not completely new at this.
> >
> > Here is my problem, I am tired of paying my hosting
> > company who keeps going down
> > and then sells to another company and loses my
> > files, etc...
> >
> > I want to set up my own host. (I have two domains to
> > put on it)
> > I have a block of static ips with nice bandwidth.
> >
> > My question is how do i do the nameserver stuff, and
> > make the two (or more) domains go on one box.
> >
> > I'm not asking you to answer my questions here, just
> > point me in the right direction of a FAQ or
> > HOW-to would be nice.
> >
> > thanks,
> > ken
> >
> > ok, proceed to flame now ;)
> >
Lets look at dns. You have a couple of choices. 1) Let your service provider
handle dns for you if possible or 2) you could provide dns by running bind,
perhaps on a linux machine. If you choose to do it yourself you need to
check and see if you can be authoritative for your static ip set, not
required unless you want to resolve reverse lookups. Also I recommend that
you go and get a copy of DNS and BIND 4th edition. It simply provides the
best information for running a dns server.
For hosting, Apache is great for virtualhosting( multiple domains on one
machine):
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/index.html Security: Even though I mention this last, you better look at it first. Take
a look at who you will be hosting for. Do you want to be responsible for
insuring that the servers you run are secure? Do you want to learn about
what services you need and don't need running, maintaining secure versions
of the software that you will be using, removing potential security
problems, understanding the logs that your servers provide. There is not a
single source of information that covers all security aspects but several
sources that you can use to learn and understand security for your servers.
Some links to get you started:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html Several how-to's on
security and other stuff.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Chroot-BIND-HOWTO.html put bind in jail.
Enjoy!
Lewis Watson
ps. amanda is great for backing up multiple servers so stuff doesn't get
lost.
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