How do I Host my own domain name.

Anon · 04-12-2002, 07:07 PM

I have some simple questions about Apache.
This is open to everyone in this forum.
1)Can I host my own registered domain
name using appache?

2)Has anyone in this forum created an
internet (not intranet) domain hosting
service using apache?(hosting your own)

3)How do i configure both Linux and
Apache to work as a domain hosting
service?

4)Can anyone help me?

I ask these questions because it looks like
no one in this forum is doing this. I see
alot of internal server questions and
solutions but what about external www.

Isn't that one of the functions of Apache
Web Server, to host? Aren't some of these
hosting companies out there using Apache to
charge us $24-$50 to host our domain names?
Why pay them to do it when we could do it
ourselves.

If I'm wrong about the uses of apache
please someone let me know so that I can
stop wasting my time play with it.

Thanks

WM

brandonschnell · 04-12-2002, 07:41 PM

1) yes

2) yes

3) install BIND and point the dns to your apache server (it can be the same box as the BIND server)

Anon · 04-12-2002, 10:10 PM

Thanks I'll give that a try.

Anon · 04-12-2002, 10:10 PM

After you install point your DNS at your webserver configure your httpd.conf file to point to the directories you want to point to. Doing this will allow you to run multiple domain names on one box.

Anon · 04-15-2002, 08:15 AM

Will I need apache?

I have a registered domain name. And I have the name servers from my ISP and from the company i registered my domain name with.

Where do i start?