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VM DNS basics?

I recently signed up for virtual dedicated service in an attempt to deal with application and server latency issues. I was expecting to see a nice CPanel where I could re-add my domains and sub-domains...

Now I'm faced with *actually* having to learn whats going on. :)

Can anyone suggest a simple tutorial for getting my head around what needs to be done? I want to host multiple personal domains each with possibly multiple sub-domains.

I'm fairly network-savvy, so I don't mind technical details. I'd just rather not have to dedicate the next few months to learning it all if possible. And I'd rather avoid man-pages.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

J

2008-11-13 08:07 PM

Further, if I end up configuring my own DNS, is that going to be less performant than say using an external DNS service like dyndns or zoneedit?

Is the latter preferred or recommended? And if so, which service would you recommend? I've used ZoneEdit before, but the old-school interface makes me wonder at the quality of service. And DynDns is going to charge me an arm and a leg to host multiple domains...

Help!

J

2008-11-13 08:18 PM

I suggest you to go for cPanel control panel so that you can handle DNS in a much better way. You can post a ticket to the support for the details of enabling cPanel for your VPS.

2008-11-13 10:17 PM

I've given in and paid for a bunch of "tokens" at ZoneEdit. I decided to do this after realizing that if I did my own DNS, I really should have a secondary, and it wasn't clear to me how that was going to happen. I've used ZoneEdit before, and it seems to work okay.

It was going to cost $27.50 per zone per year for DynDNS by the looks of it... ZoneEdit was $35 for 5 zones and I believe it's permanent.

And to sort of answer my own question - if anyone else cares - I had a quick read through the intro chapters of the O'Reilly DNS and Bind book. I didn't get into the meat of configuration, but I at least understand where everything is coming from and going to. :)

J

2008-11-14 08:49 AM


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