Re: [cobalt-users] New raq questions!

["Fathi Said" <fathi@xxxxxx>]

Rob,

> 1. My provider has given me ONE IP...do you recommend
> me putting all my sites on this one ip? or putting
> each new user on their own IP?
Yes, why not. There are certain disadvantages to name based hosting, but if your provider charges you for additional IPs (that's a
big puh puh :-), because they (=the providers) usually get them free from their backbone provider). However, you can't put "Users"
on different IPs, only websites.

> 2. If you dont think its a good idea, then they have
> IP's they can give me. If i go about the each ip, each
> user, then is there something i have to do differently
> then just add from the GUI?
No, just use the IP you want when adding a new virtual site. Again, IPs have nothing to do with users.

> 3. How do i register my HOST DNS servers with
> InterNIC? When it asks for the IP address, do i give
> InterNIC the IP that my host gave me? How do i setup
> the primary and secondary servers on my server?
This is not possible with only one IP address. InterNIC (nor any other NIC) will accept two nameservers on the same IP address.

We have several virtual nameserver running on one RaQ. For setup please follow the instructions below, they work for us. For every
virtual nameserver you register you will need a seperate IP address.

(1) Virtual Sites:
*Setup a virtual site ns1.domain.com with IP1.
*Setup a virtual site ns2.domain.com with IP2.
(2) DNS:
*A record ns1.domain.com to IP1.
*A record ns2.domain.com to IP2.
*PTR record IP1 to ns1.domain.com.
*PTR record IP2 to ns2.domain.com
*advise your provider to setup reverse DNS for the IP address of your server (not for the IP addresses of ns1/2.domain.com, only for
the address of your server). This is necessary for some mailservers or they will reject your mail as they can't trace back the
origin.
(3) InterNIC:
*very easy way: Go to Networksolutions (www.netsol.com) and register a new domain name. Enter the following information as your
nameservers:
ns1.domain.com with IP1.
ns2.domain.com with IP2.
This step will automatically register your nameservers with InterNIC.
OR:
http://www.networksolutions.com/makechanges to change the nameservers of a registered domain name. Please use the nameservers above
and they will be registered with InterNIC.
*easy way:
you go to the "host registration form" and register your nameservers.
(4) Problems with International NICs:
If you want to register an international domain name, such as domain.DE or domain.FR or domain.AT or whatever, then there can be
certain problems.
*Always setup ALL DNS records for the new domain name BEFORE you request the domain name with the NIC as they will make a check.
*Some NICs won't accept nameservers with two successive IP addresses. This means for example ns1.domain.com 100.233.105.103 and
ns2.domain.com 100.233.105.104 won't be accepted. The C part of your second IP should be different.

For example:
ns1.domain.com 100.233.105.103
ns2.domain.com 100.233.106.103
OR
ns1.domain.com 100.233.88.103
ns2.domain.com 100.233.107.103
will both work with international NICs.

> 4. I need to learn Red Hat Linux!
Go and get some books, but don't expect that you will understand anything (at least I didn't).

Hope this helps.

Fathi