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    Setting Up A Home Webserver

    Hey im trying to setup a home webserver:
    Asus i7 3tb hdd 4.7ghz

    i have a static ip, installed cpanel already, have xenserver setup with a vm of centos 7, and a vm windows server 2012 setup for dns

    im having issues connecting to it a domain, how do i do this?

    thanks in advanced, hope to hear some input

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    Did you set up your static IP address as a nameserver with your domain registrar?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jkca View Post
    Did you set up your static IP address as a nameserver with your domain registrar?
    yes i did, i think its on the dns server side, but not sure

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    When you do a whois on your domain name the nameservers listed should be the name of your DNS server you registered with your registrar.
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    did you wanna make $20 lol

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    Name Servers
    NS1.WICKEDHOSTING.ORG
    NS2.WICKEDHOSTING.ORG

    is what its set too but im not sure how to set it up on dns server..

    i added the hostname ip address of server on domain

    nameservers must not be set right

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    Yup, you need to register your static IP address as a nameserver with your domain name registrar, here are a few links that should get you starting in the right direction:

    https://www.namecheap.com/support/kn...-for-my-domain

    https://www.godaddy.com/help/add-my-...eservers-12320

    http://www.networksolutions.com/supp...dy-registered/
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    thank you sir,
    okay i have done that, will take up to 48hrs to propergate?
    domain in question is wickedhosting.org (im sure you already know that)
    so to be correct, my cpanel host name is new.wickedhosting.org i would add the ip address as a host in godaddy
    do i even need a dns server as a vm setup on xenserver them? godaddy will take care of the dns for me?

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    You will need a static IP for each of your VM's. You say you have a linux and windows VM's.

    Just setup private name servers for yourself on the windows dns server for example.

    ns1.yourdomain.com
    ns2.yourdomain.com

    Then chnage the name servers for your domain to your private name servers, don't forget to add the glue records as your name server are a sub domain of your domain

    whois

    ns1.yourdomain.com ip addr
    ns2.yourdomain.com ip addr

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    i have tried but stuck,

    do i need a 2 vm's one for each nameserver?
    i have watched almost all the tutorials on youtube and no getting anywhere

    http://prntscr.com/cxp3z5

    something like that?

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    This is frustrating I could sort this for you in 2 seconds if I had access to it

    Ok, this is whats happening.

    1. The DNS records you have created on the windows servers look good, have you fully setup the zone file ? i.e A records CNAME MX etc pointing at the windows VM IP ?
    2. Your domain is pointing at your name servers and the glue records are set as 184.68.XXX.XXX (omitted for privacy) is that the IP of your windows VM ?

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    add me on skype wa2hot4 if you got a few mins we will work something out

    i have set the a-records for both dns's on the vm

    the 18x.xxx.xxx. is the static ip
    Last edited by wild4play; 10-22-2016 at 07:20 PM.

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    The DNS server (port 53) is not responding on that IP, are you sure the windows server dns service is running ? Maybe try and restart it.

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    yea the port was closed, i opened it and restarted the dns, this is just a headache if one of you guys can fix it got $20 for yea, can do it thru teamviewer, add me up on skype ^

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    I already fixed it, ping your domain now, it's resolving.

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    how did you fix it lol

    yep it pings, awesome!

    so its connecting to my dns server then?

    it will take up to 48hrs for domain to propergate?

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    With the strength of my argument

    Yes DNS servers all across the world are asking your server for records. Awesome isn't it.

    You just need to understand a little more about how the internet, domains and network services are connected. The problem was your closed port 53 and restarting the DNS server to reload the zone file.
    As you are serving the DNS for this domain other name servers need to be able to connect to you and ask for records.

    Propergation monitor: https://www.whatsmydns.net/#A/wickedhosting.org

    so errrrm how about that 20 bucks

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    i seen the a records were working but after checking again they are not now? lol weird

    awesome! yea i've been hosting for a while but nothing like this haha

    another thing now, is the propergation of domain have to deal with ftp

    ftp works on newbtube.info but not any others domains when i run the ftp wizzard in firezilla it comes back fine and connects, you think its a firewall issue on centos 7?

    ill make you work for that $20 if you want it ill be more then happy to send it, appreciate your awesome help!
    Last edited by wild4play; 10-22-2016 at 08:12 PM.

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    is the propergation of domain have to deal with ftp
    Propergation is the process of distributing current records to name servers that request them, if your trying to connect fto.example.com and the name server the person has asked has the old record then no they will no be able to connect to ftp via the host.domainame.

    If that's not what you mean, you need to be a little more specific.

    ftp works on newbtube.info but not any others domains when i run the ftp wizzard in firezilla it comes back fine and connects, you think its a firewall issue on centos 7?
    I need domains names to see what server they are on and if that server can be connected to on ftp, perhaps not a firewall issue newbtube.info is on your windows VPS and I can connect to port 21.
    Do you you want those sites on the centOS VM ?

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    If that's not what you mean, you need to be a little more specific.
    yes i understand that part, but going to wickedhosting.org i get the xenserver page, meaning its propergated in one sense? i have the whmcs on it when i add the ending directory i get The requested URL /whmcs/ was not found on this server.


    I need domains names to see what server they are on and if that server can be connected to on ftp, perhaps not a firewall issue newbtube.info is on your windows VPS and I can connect to port 21.
    Do you you want those sites on the centOS VM ?

    i found out that i needed to sync the passwords when doing a cpanel to cpanel migration in another thread here. newtube is on centos also? its just my tester domain, but they should all be on centos

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    Lets backup a bit, how have you got all this set up on the one physical server ?

    xenserver: static ip
    windows vm: static ip
    centos vm: static ip

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    i have 1 phiscal server.. 1 vps that has centos 7 with cpanel on it 800gb hdd 3 cores 8gb ram partitioned out, and 1 vps that is windows server 2012 that is for the dns ?

    running on a dhcp / static ip for now.

    does that sound right? lol

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    I would check your xenserver configuration

    You want the following to happen

    1. Requests for your centOS server to be forwarded to the correct virtual machine
    2. Requests for DNS to the correct virtual machine.

    I'm not an expert in xen virtual networking but I would think each virtual server would need it's own public static IP, but their is probably some crazy virtual switch NAT proxy thing going on.

    The request for wickedhosting.org should of been forwarded to the centOS server.

    You want everything set like the following:

    DNS hosted on the windows VM with the correct records pointing at the centOS server IP for web and mail for the sites hosted on this server.

    Sorry can't help more.
    Last edited by LJSHost; 10-22-2016 at 09:33 PM.

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    okay thanks for your help ill look into it

    if i was to put my dhcp ip address in my system32/drivers/etc/hosts file the site loads soooo.. lol i need to?
    Last edited by wild4play; 10-22-2016 at 09:46 PM.

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