Configure Dedicated Webhosting server in windows 2008

"Bonjour les gars" !!


Here i am going to Discuss about the Dedicated Web hosting Server

This task is divided in to two steps.
1.) Configuring Active directory and the DNS service in windows server 2008 .
2.) Editing in the Domain Name for Name server, Name Server Registration and DNS Record Management.

Start with installation of Active Directory and DNS together in one shot.
1.)Open the DNS and go to the Forward Lookup zone option.
2.)Create a New Zone by following up this procedure.

Once you done with this. go to the zone name and click on the Name Server (NS).

Create a host name with "servername " my server name is "win2k8"

In the Same way create a host name with "ns1".
then create a CNAME Record "www" then browse it to ns1.yourdomainname.com
Now, Open the Command prompt, its time to check whether DNS is working or not. just run these commands as mentioned in the image below:-
This is the test page which is working by opening the url or a zone name which we created
"www.yourdomainname.com"

"Please make sure you have IIS or Xampp installed in your computer to run this test page".

Currently our DNS Name Servers are working privately. to make it public we have to edit our domain name "yourdomainname.com"

For This,
Go to Your Domain Account of name.com, godaddy.com or one of the domain registrar you have for which you are using your domain name.

1.) Go to the Control panel.
2.) Select the Domain Name for which you want to configure the dedicate server.

3.) let the default Name Servers Remain same for the specific domain name.

It will be like :-

ns1.abc.com

ns2.abc.com

ns3.abc.com

ns4.abc.com

Assume abc.com as your registrar name.

4.) Now go to Name Server Registration option in the Right pane on no. 8.

Enter ns1 in the HOST NAME.

Enter Static IP in the IP Address and click register or sythe domain.

Now go to 2nd option DNS Record management.

Create Two Record Entry.

1st with blank Host Record and put your static IP in the Record Answer. Let the TTL value remain Same.

2nd with * Host Record and put the static Ip in the Record Answer. Let the TTL value remain Same.

Finished.

Now go over the WAN and open the url "yourdomainname.com

The domain is accessible now and will show you the same test page which you opened locally on the server.

Thanks!