How to setup a webserver with Dynamic IP's
Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 00:42 Written by John Bain Friday, 20 February 2009 13:09
| Article Index |
|---|
| How to setup a webserver with Dynamic IP's |
| Continue |
| All Pages |
- Webserver already installed on your server (I preffer apache2triad)
- Registered domain (I preffer godady)
Because so many people have residential grade cable and dsl accounts they have the spare bandwidth to host a website. The issue with alot of registrars is that they will not let you enter in your ip address in as the name server of your webserver. Also it is standard practice for your isp to roll your ip address from time to time and everytime your ip address changes you would have to update your domain for the new ip. Which is a huge hassle with downtimes and such.
This is where a "Dynamic DNS" service steps in
"Dynamic DNS provers provide a software client
program that automates the discovery and registration of client's public IP addresses. The client program is executed on a computer or device in the private network. It connects to the service provider's systems and causes those systems to link the discovered public IP address of the home network with a hostname in the domain name system. Depending on the provider, the hostname is registered within a domain owned by the provider or the customer's own domain name."
One of the simplest services for us to setup and use is http://www.dnsexit.com/
1. Go HERE.
They will ask you to input the domain that you had to create previous to doing this tutorial
click "Next".
2. Enable Dynamic DNS.
click "Next".
3. They will ask for your current IP address, by default they will try to detect it for you.
Your ip will be different then the one in the picture.
click "Next".
4. Confirm that everything match's what was previously entered
click "Next".
5. Here we will setup the alias's for your domain. By default they insert "www" for you. For simplicity sake we will not be modifying anything here.
click "Next".
