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Pointing domain to VPS webserver
I am hosting a webserver using IIS on my VPS and I have a domain through godaddy, how would I go about forward my domain to the webserver without mirroring the site using A records.
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Setting Up SPF Records on Plesk 11
I see that Plesk 11 automatically sets up an SPF Record - however when I test it on a number of eMail Spam Test services I see that it is not being detected.
v=spf1 +a +mx -all
What changes do I ...
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What should I do after changing DNS records and my site is not resolving?
My domain is not resolving after updating its DNS records 10 hours ago.
I bought the domain from GoDaddy and hosted it on a different server. They guided me to alter two domain entries: the first is ...
harshit mishra
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Why do I need at least two nameservers?
I own several domains, all hosted with Northhosts, but however I register my domains at GoDaddy (since they're cheaper).
When I receive my 'New Account Information' email from Northosts, they always ...
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Domain Name Not resolving with webhost nameservers and without www
Searched all over and tried playing with httpd.conf , nothing works.
The domain name can be resolved with www.domain.com but without www its does not resolve.
Advice for A Records does not work. I ...
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Set Up Of Common Name Of SSL Certificate To Protect Plesk Panel
A PCI Compliance scanner is balking that the self signed SSL certificate protecting secure access to Plesk Panel contains a name mismatch between the location of the Plesk Panel and the name on the ...
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Trying to resolve my DNS records to use mandrill
I've got myself confused over DNS records and need to understand what I need to do first for my situation.
My domain name is hosted by one provider. The nameservers are currently pointing to the ...
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How do you configure TeamCity as a subdomain under Plesk and IIS?
Today I bought a domain and a VPS. The VPS came with Plesk installed. I added my website (example.com) and a subdomain (ci.example.com) to Plesk and IIS.
When I disable example.com from Plesk panel, ...
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Plesk refuses to let me set a new SSL certificate
I got a problem when I try to update/change a SSL certificate on a PLESK managed server. One problem might be that I am not so confident at this topic.
The setup is the following:
I use an virtual ...
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Add custom Nameservers for Subdomains
Is it possible to add custom Nameserver for my Subdomains?
For example:
My main domain example.com uses MX record from Gmail. Then my subdomain subdomain.example.com needs to use MX record from ...
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Question about name server propagation
I just did an overhaul of my company's website and changed the hosting provider, and it's probably been about 36-48 hours since I changed the pointers at my registrar to the new name servers. I have ...
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Make PHPList the default mailing list in Plesk
How can I make PHPList the default mailing list manager (if possible) on Plesk 11? I've already added PHPList to the application vault from the application catalog. However, it isn't showing up as an ...
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What does it mean when the nameservers reported by whois do not match those reported by nslookup?
I am currently investigating moving some records to a new set of nameservers, and in doing the research to be prepared for it have come up against a confusing mismatch. A bit of background on the ...
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What nameservers should I use for GitHub Pages when using a custom domain?
I am using a custom domain for a GitHub Pages site. They said to set CNAME or A record. But what nameservers should I use? What is the default, or should I leave it blank?
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Plesk Site Preview redirects to Plesk Login
I moved over an existing PHP site to Plesk Panel 11.5 and now I'm having an issue with the site preview.
When I click site preview the site comes up fine in a new window, however when I try to ...
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Does the DNS lookup result mean that my nameserver is pointed nowhere?
I changed my domain's nameservers, but I don't think the change was processed correctly. Can anyone help me understand the result below "AFTER"? In my registrant's control panel, I change the name ...
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What is the folder picture_library on my Plesk panel on a site hosted at GoDaddy
I have my website hosted with godaddy.
It's not even a month since I hosted with them.(actually, the site itself isn't older than a month)
When, I logged in to my Parallels Plesk, I saw a folder ...
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Use same hosting and same website for a new domain I purchased without redirecting to it
I have a somedomainname.in domain with hosting from some ABC provider. The site is up and running.
I recently bought its .com i.e somedomainname.com from a seller on GoDaddy, I want to use the same ...
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Changing nameserver on registar
Im changing the nameserver some domains that I have registered on register365, they allow a user to enter two nameservers and a tertiary nameserver. The new nameservers I am using are AWS which has ...
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Plesk Email Journaling
In regards to email archiving, How can I enable email journaling in Plesk?
OS CentOS 6.4 (Final)
Panel version 11.5.30 Update #28
I've ready about editing /etc/antivirus.exim to do ...
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Can changing nameservers while keeping the same host impact SEO for websites?
I host several Italian sites in a Virtual Private Server (VPS) located in Italy. At the moment, most of the domains are registered by the same provider, so all the nameservers are located in Italy too....
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I'm receiving this error when I point my domain names to a new VPS host: "You must enter a registered nameserver"
Why am I getting this error message when I point my domain names from my old host to a new VPS host:
knowing that My dns is already registered in my new VPS host!
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What's the purpose of unique webserver names?
Previously I would set the name servers of a domain to what the hosting company told me (e.g. ns1.hostingcompany.com). I've now started buying domains from a company that lets you make your own ...
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SEO Effects on sharing one nameserver for multiple websites on shared ips
We have a dedicated server and 5 shared IPs, and we are running around 20 websites on each shared IP. Our websites nature of business is same but each website belong to different country, For e.g., we ...
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What happens if two people at the same host claim ownership of a domain?
I have all my domains registered through company A and they are hosted through company B. I set my nameservers at company A to point to dns.companyB.com and everything works great.
But couldn't ...
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New domains websites not under another domains directory Plesk 11
i am trying to build up my new server and found some strange behaviour in the hosting configuration.
I created a user for my websites and logged in. Then i created my first domain entry webspace1.com. ...
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Redirect domain.tld to www.domain.tld in Parallels Plesk Panel
I inherited a website which has been set up in Parallels Plesk Panel as www.domain.tld. Now the problem is that domain.tld shows the default Parallels Plesk page and doesn't redirect to www. I've read ...
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Domain registrar saying they cannot add TXT record
I have been adding SPF records to the sites I host on my VPS.
I create the record in each accounts CPanel, then add it as a TXT records in that account's related DNS registrars control panel.
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DNS taking weeks to propagate just in my area
It has been over two weeks since I changed over my DNS information on my new host. I still have my old hosting account setup through HostGator and it is still using the HostGator nameservers in my ...
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Nameservers and migrating a VPS
I am primarily a front end developer who has been tasked with upgrading my companies VPS.
As far as I understand, this is just the process of obtaining a new VPS with WHM/CPanel and then migrating ...
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What's the difference between my nameserver and CNAME settings?
I have purchased a domain name(mxsoup.net) through GoDaddy, and it is just parked. In order to set up my custom URL for my SourceAudio site, they give me the following instructions:
In order to ...
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Glue Records creation
I need some information on the following issue, as I would like to have it clear on my mind.
I have a VPS server. All my sites hosted on this VPS are using as NameServer .gr domain, like ns1....
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2 domains, same website in plesk [closed]
I have a domain with a SSL at https://www.domain1.com.
I want that http://www.domain2.com shows the same website as domain1 (same website folder).
I've tried with domain alias in Plesk but it's ...
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How do I tell who manages the domain when registrar = registrant
I am trying to track down the owner and/or domain host with a view to buying a specific domain. Fairly standard BUT, the registrant name is a person and they are also the registrar. No email details ...
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How does DNS detect changes in nameserver IP address? [closed]
Suppose I have a domain such as example.com and I configure the domain's primary and secondary nameserver to be ns1.example2.com and ns2.example2.com.
Questions:
Does the IP address of the ...
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How to dynamically change the host URL? [duplicate]
I have two websites, say a.com and b.com.
a.com is on a paid hosting service, and b.com is on 000Webhost.
000Webhost crashes sometimes, and my site b.com becomes unreachable.
So is there any way ...
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How should I name my DNS server?
Are there any conventions or guidelines I should use to name my DNS server? Does it really matter?
On the site I'm using to obtain the domain I desire it has two options:
Set up DNS and name ...
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DNS errors in Google Webmaster Tools
I've been trying to get rid of this DNS error for about a week now but I can't seem to wrap my head around it.
The website is herbelixirs.com.
The Google Webmaster Tools screen shot is below.
The ...
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Using Google apps / eNom domain change webhosts without breaking email?
I'm taking over a site for a client who initially purchased their domain name from Google Apps / eNom, they're using google apps mail but the site itself is hosted on earthlink.
I've built the new ...
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Nameserver Issues
I have a dedicated server on which I host my websites via cpanel. The domain registrar is a uk hosting company. Now, I want to move to a cloud VMware server with another company. My server and cpanel ...
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Server overhead caused by bots?
I have one customer website causing overhead (http://www.modacalcio.it/en/by-kind/football-boots.html).
With htop opened, I am trying navigate the website and the much load of the website is done by ...
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Problems using PHP on a Plesk Windows dedicated server
I'm having a few issues with my dedicated Windows server that has a Plesk panel:
1.) I can't send e-mail via PHP's mail() function, it always returns the following error:
SMTP server response: 550 ...
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How would I completely remove a domain from webs?
I have registered a domain with 1&1.co.uk about 2 months ago. I changed the nameservers to the ones that webs told me to (ns1.webs.com, ns2.webs.com) so that I could publish my webs website to my ...
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Is giving a "trusted'" 3rd party FTP access to a subdomain dangerous for the whole domain?
I'm giving a "trusted" 3rd party (I say "trusted" because I've worked with them before, but in reality I don't know them...) access to a development version of my site x.mysite.com.
The site is ...
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Trying to point domain name to new server, but there are other NS records I cannot change
In my domain registrars console I see the following:
I have added my name servers to the bottom, but the domain name is not redirecting. I see there are 2 NS records above mine that I cannot change. ...
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How to change email server settings in Plesk
Well, this question may be very silly and I'm not sure that this is the right place to ask it, so sorry if that's the case. Well, my doubt is as follows: I work with web development and to offer the ...
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Plesk: View system resources (e.g., RAM, CPU, etc...) for a VPS
I've setup my first VPS. Previously I've always been hosting my projects on a shared hosting account. I run a couple of little personal projects on the VPS, including one that is continuously scraping ...
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Automated hosting
I'm going to make a web service, where people can register domain names and host their sites, which they order from us. Also I need proper billing. For this purposes I'm going to buy Hetzner root ...
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How can I tell when a custom name server is active?
I recently moved my website to a VPS solution and in doing so was instructed to set up two custom nameservers with my domain registrar: ns1.mydomainname.com and ns2.mydomainname.com
I followed the ...
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Using one IP for Nameserver like NS1 and NS2
Please I like to know why I can't use my one IP on my nameserver like:
ns1.mydomain.com = 67.111.78.12
ns2.mydomain.com = (but the IP could be assigned here)
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