: First time hoster's question about domain registering and DNS servers I'm planning to launch a small personal website soon, hosted on a VPS. I have some experience with local DNS server (bind9)
I'm planning to launch a small personal website soon, hosted on a VPS.
I have some experience with local DNS server (bind9) configuration, but I've never configured a public domain.
How does the management of a domain look like if I buy the domain from a company like namescheap or OVH?
Do I get to edit my personal configuration file, which reflects my domain and sub-domains? Or can I only configure an IP for my domain?
Let's say I have the domain site.mock, can I configure sub-domains freely, like site.mock and faq.site.mock?
I also saw that I can choose the DNS server (e.g. for OVH), between their DNS server and a specific one, given the Name and IP address of the DNS server.
Could I theoretically set up my VPS, which hosts my website, set up a bind9 and then buy the domain and set the name server to the VPS?
In summary, how does one typically manage DNS entries when buying a domain from a company like GoDaddy, NameCheap or OVH?
And could the DNS server be set to a server's IP address, which's hostname isn't mentioned in any other DNS server yet?
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When you buy a domain name, you are given access to the registrar's tools to set which IP address your domain name should point to. You can also use the registrar's name servers or have them point to another, including your own.
I can't think of a reason why, or how, a VPS could/would prevent you from running your own name server or bind but I see all kinds of strange things by bad hosts. It's best just to ask them if you're allowed to do what you want.
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