host dns ftp domain email web?

by DarlaMack

Question by Alex: host dns ftp domain email web?
I want to buy a new server 1 tb with server 2008 on it but I need to know how to set it up for webusage and to have personal website and email like www.myweb.com and myemail@domain.com I read a lot of stuff on the interent that I need to setup dns and ftp and other stuff, the server I plane to use it at home to make a website and have my own custom email adrress but it seems that is not so easy to setup a server for this . My isp allow me to use a server for website . Please help me I need to know where to start what to setup first dns or ftp and how to do that I know there are lots of website who give all this features for like £20 per month but I want to use my own server to have this features and not to pay for them

Best answer:

Answer by Keith
OK, what you are going to what to do is sign up for a DNS hosting service, such as No-ip.com or dyndns.org. What this will allow you to do is use either their free service or a paid service that will allow for you to host via their dns service. They will provide you with a software application that acts like a heart beat and will detect any time your local ip changes (if you are using a ISP that does not five you a static IP address). This will then connect to their servers and update their dns records and allow your site to remain active. Now, if you are using an ISP that allows you to use a static IP, then all you need to do is register your domain name at a registrar such as network solutions or godaddy and then provide your IP address for the www, mx and mail records.

As for setting up the websites in IIS7, as that is the internet service application provided by windows 2008, refer to http://learn.iis.net/.

Good Luck

Keith D Mitchell, Server Engineer, Hostmysite.com

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