Need help w/ moving/hosting my domain - Questions on cname type entries.

[n9nu]

I can't see my original post so I rewrote it.

I'm just looking to host my own domain [futurenet-systems.us] via Zentynal or ClearOS [Apache/etc.] and just needed a few pointers on entering the GoDaddy records info for the www/email & ssh servers I want to host along w/ the bulleted list info below. All the registration info is in my name.

The domain/hosting has been running via a friends server for 15+ years. He is out of the country for sometime now, thus I would need to go to GoDaddy and ??

• Change the nameserver entries to reflect my ISP's name servers [as I am not setting up my own DNS server or having GoDaddy host them].
• Change the DNS record information [cname, etc.] for each service... www/email/ftp.
• Change the forwarding information

Does anyone have a good howto for setting up the above services via GoDaddy - besides them.

I can handle setting up the Apache server info on this end.

P.S. I'm willing to $$ someone via PayPal for their time if they want to log in & enter the necessary info.

Tim
ARS N9NU

 

[Justinh]

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I don't know how the DNS records are configured for your domain, but I have an A record pointing to my IP address, then all the subdomains (like www.mydomain.com) have a CNAME record that points to the domain, e.g.:

A	@	111.222.333.444
CNAME	www	mydomain.com.

 

[n9nu]

Hey Justin

Tnx for the info. I can see I have the same type of thing. I think i have the hang of it just by comparing what's already there and changing only what needs to be changed.

Tnx

Tim

 

[RMerlin]

DNS 101 to get you started with records:

A = Address record. This maps a name to an IP address.
CNAME = Canonical Name. It's an alias to an existing record
TXT = Text record. Associate a string of text with a name, frequently used to configure the domain's SPF or DKIM entries (for mail delivery), among other things.
MX = Mail eXchanger. The hostname of your mail server that would receive emails for your domain

Avoid any of the "forwarding" services, as these will tie you to that registrar, making it more difficult to eventually move elsewhere.

And avoid their email hosting services like the plague. They are basically a frontend to Microsoft 365, and trying later on to move to a pure, "direct" Microsoft 365 account is a nightmware, as you need first to make GoDaddy completely remove your existing configuration from their Microsoft 365 backend. That's rough if you want to avoid email downtimes.

In the past GoDaddy used to have a lot of documentation on their support site, so I would take a look there.

The Nameservers associated to a domain name will be which nameservers (or DNS) are authoritative for that domain. GoDaddy does provide nameserver functionality as part of their domain services, but personally I would recommend switching to Cloudlare for hosting your DNS.

1) If you ever change registrar (GoDaddy ain't exactly great or cheap either, and I've had a few issues with them over the years which led me to move most of my customers to a different registrar), you won't need to recopy all your DNS entries at the new registrar
2) Cloudflare offers you various free services that might eventually interest you
3) If some of the services you host are websites, then hiding them behind Cloudflare is generally a good idea. That is done just by enabling the "Proxy" toggle in the DNS record you wish to protect behind Cloudflare

 

[n9nu]

Hi

Tnx for the info. I see you recommended Cloudflare versus the GoDaddy nameservers. I was going to use either Metronets DNS or 3rd party. Sinse you suggested Cloudflare I will use those versus my ISP's. Additionally I am using ExpressVPN on everything behind the server as a force of habit.

RE Clouflare Services: I noticed Cloudflare offers other services as you mentioned. Believe me I have no issues with hosting my 3 domains with them versus GoDaddy. Lol. I will have them transferred shortly. I like what I see on the CF site anyways. I've just kept the domains at GD as I got them like 25 or so years and I honestly didn't know when Cloudfare came into being. Lol. Their domain configuration layouts on GD have changed and not to my liking; thus the switch to CF is underway.

RE Forwarding/Redirect: Yeah.. I don't know why I mentioned that w/o additional info. The only things I might forward or redirect would be the two other domains I have registered and those would be temporarly directed to my 'futurenet-systems.us' domain until I decide what I wanna do with em.

I'm just hosting some hak radio information & software for those that run Linux, thus basic WWW/EMAIL & a dedicated file server. SSH is much preferable than FTP. I would jail or eh 'chroot' all users into a single folder as usual. I know FTP is still widely used. I used to run PureFTPd, VSftpd & the older ProFTPD years back so those setups are easy. It will only be enabled when I get notified by someone who wants to snag or dump files.

Tnx for the info there. I'll check back if I need any clarification.

Tim
ARS: N9NU
Gamer Tag: Reactor-Critical

P.S. My ultimate goal is to try and get support for a ROOT ZONE TLD for the amateur radio operators worldwide. Preferably a domain with '.ham OR .ars' (Amateur Radio Station). I've heard the price for that is insane

 

[RMerlin]

Sinse you suggested Cloudflare I will use those versus my ISP's

I'm talking about using their DNS services for your domain, that's unrelated to your ISPs servers. I'm not talking about using their 1.1.1.1 resolver here.