Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:13:21 -0500 From: Wm Brian McCane <root@bmccane.uit.net> To: isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Web Hosting Message-ID: <199708292213.RAA09383@bmccane.uit.net>
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Okay, I have a simple question (for most of you I am sure). I have several customers that want to put a web site up on the net. I told them they could go 1 of 2 ways (as I see it). 1) Get service from a local ISP that lets them put up a page. problem: they didn't like http://www.some.net/~yourname/ 2) Get a domain name and have a local ISP host the site. problem: local ISP's charge annual + monthly charges (expensive). I told them I would research what it would take for me to host a page for them. I currently have a machine with a permanent IP address (only 33.6). I can get a 64K ISDN connection for $90/month. This would give me a dedicated line to dial into, and a /28 address block. I guess the question I have is, what is necessary to setup multiple domain names for a single machine. I have looked into this, and it appears I have to do the following. 1) setup my machine, with its own domain, and make it DNS primary 2) have ISP setup as DNS secondary 3) alias one address for each additional domain 4) setup primary DNS for each additional domain 5) make sure my APACHE server is configured right Is this everything? If so, how do I do steps 4 and 5? I know how to configure a primary DNS for a single domain, but get a little woozy feeling when I read the man pages and try to figure out how to do multiples. Also, some of the customers would like to be able to dial in (33.6 max, probably 28.8). Would a pentium 75, with 24Meg of RAM, and 3 Ultra-IDE hard drives be sufficient to host a 4-port card with Dynamic IP? What I am basically trying to do is setup a light load, private ISP for my customers in case you didn't already notice. brian
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