Setting up a Website from a Dedi server

Tallon

Hey guys,

I hope I can explain this one as well as I hope.

I have a dedicated server running Minecraft. I know several of my friends have their website hosted on the same box, so how do I do this?

I have used ftp and web hosting before and figured it was just a case of uploading the site to 'public_html' and then pointing my domain to the IP address?

This doesn't seem to work at all.

I know it's probably something simple, But I cannot figure it out at all

Help

Cheers

Tallon

FSL

Please don't take this the wrong way but if you don't know how to do it how on earth are you going to ensure it's secure?

Sean^DCT4

Is it running Windows Server or some Linux distro?

Generally, you would need to:

1. From the control panel of your domain name registrar, setup a CNAME/ANAME DNS record. They should have support/FAQ on how to do this.
2. Windows: Create a new folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SITENAME\
3. Windows: Create a new web site using IIS and point the home directory to the path above.
4. Add the domain name in the properties of the site in IIS.
5. Do not visit ww.YourSite.com until you have done all of the above. Your ISP normally caches domains. If your site/DNS are not set up correctly first time you visit your URL. You might have to wait anywhere between one hour to a day before your ISP refreshes their DNS and you can actually see your site.

Not sure about the steps in a Linux configuration.

lynchie

Tallon wrote: »

Hey guys,

I hope I can explain this one as well as I hope.

I have a dedicated server running Minecraft. I know several of my friends have their website hosted on the same box, so how do I do this?

I have used ftp and web hosting before and figured it was just a case of uploading the site to 'public_html' and then pointing my domain to the IP address?

This doesn't seem to work at all.

I know it's probably something simple, But I cannot figure it out at all

Help

Cheers

Tallon

Assuming the server you are talking about is mc.taltallon.com, you are running CentOS and already have apache2 running on port 80. Just upload your site to /var/www/html.

aN.Droid

lynchie wrote: »

Assuming the server you are talking about is mc.taltallon.com, you are running CentOS and already have apache2 running on port 80. Just upload your site to /var/www/html.

Àlso setup proper nameservers, Do you have at least 2 ip's to do it?

Tallon

lynchie wrote: »

Assuming the server you are talking about is mc.taltallon.com, you are running CentOS and already have apache2 running on port 80. Just upload your site to /var/www/html.

I spent the day learning, configuring and updating Mysql and apache and then read this :P

I followed a guide to tell me to upload to that location and working perfect now.

Cheers guys, appreciated

Tallon

FSL wrote: »

Please don't take this the wrong way but if you don't know how to do it how on earth are you going to ensure it's secure?

By asking questions like I'm doing!

It's secure now anyway, thanks