Need Help Setting Up Web Server

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Hi,

I've got a VPS running Windows which I use for many things, and now I want to put a website on it.

I've installed Apache, when I type the IP in my browser on my computer it works fine. Now I want to be able to use a domain I've got for it. I've had a look around the internet, but I haven't found out how.

On namecheap I need to put in my nameservers, but I'm not sure how to do this properly.

If anyone has experience or knows how to make my domain go to the ip, any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul
 
You need to create an A record in the DNS control panel on 'namecheap', assuming they have one. The A record will point the domain name to the IP address of the server.

Why did you install Apache? If it's for PHP, both IIS6 and IIS7 can run PHP. Admittedly IIS7 handles it a lot better.

EDIT: I can't help you with the Apache config, sorry. I'm sure someone will be along shortly.
 
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You need to create an A record in the DNS control panel on 'namecheap', assuming they have one. The A record will point the domain name to the IP address of the server.

Why did you install Apache? If it's for PHP, both IIS6 and IIS7 can run PHP. Admittedly IIS7 handles it a lot better.

EDIT: I can't help you with the Apache config, sorry. I'm sure someone will be along shortly.
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I chose Apache because I've used it before, I've never heard of IIS, I'll look into it. Would you recommend it over Apache?

I'll look for an 'A record' on namecheap, thanks :)
 
Apache and PHP on Windows isn't nearly as good as Apache and PHP on linux.

Having said that, I'd rather have at least one native Windows app out of the two if I had a choice ie. IIS in your case. I work for a hosting company and see quite a few installations of PHP on Windows and almost nobody chooses to run their sites on Apache.

I'm just assuming your site is coded in PHP, because you haven't actually said :)
 
I got the domain part working fine now, thanks.

I've installed ISS 5.1, which I seem to be limited to because of the version of Windows I have on the VPS. I'll continue using this.

Yeah I'll be using PHP, it's the programming language I know the most, thanks for the help :)
 
Q: What limits are on the XP Pro version of IIS (IIS 5.1)?

A: There are several. The most significant is that you cannot create more than one website and it is limited to 10 connections. Why? It's a client operating system not intended to act as a server. IIS is provided to serve as a development platform, not act as a server. To get unlimited websites and connections, you need to invest in a server operating system. You can buy the Windows 2003 Server Web Edition for less than $400 online at various places.

You can find a pretty extensive article on this here: http://www.iisanswers.com/articles/IIS51.htm
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http://www.iisanswers.com/IISFAQ.htm

Looks like you might want to go the Apache route... sorry :(
 
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