DNS, MX Records and Server settings

ace2109

ace2109

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Hi Guys,
Not sure were to g with this one so I could really do with some help. A company I do some work for have purchased a dedicated server online for hosting their website along with client websites. Now we have limited knowledge about this so bare with me.

What do I need to do to make the domain name point towards the site on the dedicated server? Do I need to setup the server with its own DNS details first i.e.. ns.companyname.co.uk and then point the domain name of the website to these name servers?

We are using fasthosts and running a Linux server that can be accessed through the plesk control panel. Any support you can give me is much appreciated.
 
is there a way to create a name server within my domain so i can give clients something like ns.companyname.co.uk?
 
most definately confused guys but a little less now that I have read through everything above. The people who this is for wanted a dedicated server so it wasnt really my choice I have just been asked to help get it setup.

This is what I have done after reading the above

registrar - godaddy
parked the domain and changed the A records on the domain name to point to the IP address of my dedicated server.

created a domain on my server that matches the domain on go daddy and now im just waiting for the changes to take effect.

I really appreciate all this support guys and I admit this is a little above my head but hey we all have to start somewhere.

any other advice.
 
Definitely some great stuff on here guys thank you so much. I have managed to get the domain names to point to the server and now its just dealing with the multiple domains and what "groen" has detailed above looks like a great start.
 
Hi Guys,
Sorry for the delay, I have been pretty busy the past few days.

So I have setup two domains and pointed them both towards our dedicated server and they both pickup the default "Site Preview" Page fine. However when I upload new pages to the http and https folder the site does not go to them it defaults to the site preview page over and over?

any ideas?
 
Just though I would give you guys an update

Got the server running exactly the way it should and I have not setup our own Nameservers aswell that redirect domains directly to our server. Email works perfectly through POP and IMAP on all platforms inclduing mobile devices and webmail.

I am now looking at how we can backup this server as if it goes down we are left with nothing. I was considering three options

1 - simple backup - setup an FTP transfer to download all information every night when the server is getting minimal traffic to our in house server. If the dedicated server goes down we can recover all files and settings from the last backup.

2 - a little harder - as above except instead of using our in house server we would buy another dedicated server and do the FTP backup every night.

3 - no idea if this is possible - purchase a second dedicated server and it should always be an exact replica of the main server. This would allow us to change our second names server to this server IP address meaning our customers should see no interruption or at least minimal to their service if either server goes down.

Open to suggestions as always here guys.
 
For the size of the server that needs backed up, around 200GB, purchasing another dedicated server and creating a secure ftp connection every 24hrs seems to be the cheapest option?

We would also back it up to a local server in our office as well though.

Any suggestions?
 
There is around 5 sites currently being hosted form the server and there will be more moved over as soon as we sort out the backup situation.

We have only moved over small sites at the minute and we are not moving over the biggest sites just yet until we are confident that everything is working ok as our biggest site would get a fair bit of traffic and we have around 50-60 Email addresses that need moved over as well for that one site which in total have around 10GB of emails, all of which needs downloaded and backed up before anything else happens.
 
Any recommendations on a good backup service for around 200GB with the possibility of growing in the future?
 
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