Setting up my new domain with GoDaddy, did I do this right?

[roaming_builder]

I just purchased a domain from GoDaddy.com. I am curious whether or not I have set everything up correctly. Basically the user interface for the domain management is leaving me a bit befuzzled. I set up dyndns account a long time ago that points to my personal server and have had it working fine, even have secure ftp, voice chat hosting, and a few other things going on. I decided to register a domain of my own that I have been thinking about for a while and saw that I could get it on GoDaddy for $1.99 a year, not too bad.

With DynDns, you simply filled in your ip address and bam it worked...

With godaddy it isnt as simple. I think I have tracked down where I need to change the information. when you view your domain information, there is a link to -> Total DNS Control and MX Records

inside of there, are A Records, i think. one was set up as Host = @ and Points to = some ip address of thiers.

I changed that ip to the ip of my server. I also added a Host of * and my ip again. It looks like that would allow someone to access my site without putting www in front. I would like that since I ssh into it alot

then down in the CNAMES I had one named www pointing to @ I changed the @ to my web address, ie. www.mydomain.com

And I think that is what I was supposed to do to get my new domain pointed at my personal server.

Please correct me If I am wrong. It is not working yet, but I imagine it takes some time for the server to update. It would be great if someone here had that direct knowledge, but it seems plausible as many have reccomended godaddy in the past

Thanks in Advance,
-Roaming_Builder

[itsgt]

Are you setting up teamspeak or ventrilo?

The MX records is used for email, type in the ip addess of the server that the mail is going to be handled from

CNAMES- You should have to should have like two server names, like ns.1godaddy and ns.2godaddy (those are just examples)

Once its all established it takes about 48-72 hours to propagate to all the DNS Servers

[Force Flow]

Originally Posted by itsgt CNAMES- You should have to should have like two server names, like ns.1godaddy and ns.2godaddy (those are just examples)

DNS server, not CNAMES.

CNAMES are actually subdomains.

[roaming_builder]

thanks for the replies,

It looks like the setup has all gone through at godaddy and my website is now accessible via the new domain.

The voice chat server I use is ventrilo, and it is up and running. I am curious about subdomains also. What benefit would having subdomains have? I realize that having an email server is possible and all, but that doesnt seem like it would be practical for me. I was wondering if I could have different subdomains point to different locations on my server. One idea that I have been toying with is allowing all of the users on my server to have their own web space. like so, username.mydomain.com.

I am not asking you to go thru the full explanation, because it is pretty involved I know, but that is an idea that I have been toying with. What I really am looking for are good resources on how to manage things like this, maybe some websites, that I could read about this stuff.

I am pretty new to managing servers, but I have been able to set everything up pretty well so far. This is mainly used for educational purposes. I am a Computer Science major, so having my own server can sometimes have it's benefits, and is actually required this semester for my Database Systems class. The class demonstrations are all done in Sun VirtualBox, which was what we were encouraged to use, but I figure why do it virtually when I already have a perfect Ubuntu server collecting dust in the corner?

I am not looking for anything specific now, just trying to widen my understanding and experience with computers, database systems, and most especially Linux. So, if you have anything to share or a good resource I should look at, please share.


Peace,
-Roaming_Builder

(man, I think this is my longest post ever)

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Subdomains are useful for putting in separate sites, but under the same domain.


blog.mydomain.com
email.mydomain.com
media.mydomain.com
ads.mydomain.com
comics.mydomain.com

and so on.

[roaming_builder]

would it be possible to have the sites on the same server? I imagine it would be

[Force Flow]

yep, so long as the host's control panel supports it.