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Free DNS service

Edit: The answer selected was for something entirely different that what what I originally asked. I tried to ask here but I suppose I wasn't clear enough. I have a VPS running Ubuntu 12.04. I have ...
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dns nameservers purchased domain name VPS [duplicate]

I have a purchased a domain name from a registrar. I am running a VPS. Ubuntu 12.04. Setting up LAMP was no problem. But I can only access the VPS via the IP at the moment since I have no active DNS ...
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resolvconf not properly ordering resolv.conf

I need to re-order /etc/resolv.conf to list the nameserver provided by eth1 dhcp before the nameserver provided by eth0 dhcp on a 12.04 server (no NetworkManager). I edited ...
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Sendmail relaying email through A record not MX

I have a Ubuntu server, running sendmail (until this morning it was running postfix, but I moved to sendmail to eliminate the possibility of my postfix configuration tweaks being the cause of this ...
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Local hostname resolution with local Ubuntu DNS server fails

So I will start with the fact I wasted the whole day trying to figure that out with no results... I have a small local network behind a NAT router. It goes like this: ISP->NAT Router (contains a ...
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Server at home with static public IP

Hi I have a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 Server. I have checked the IFConfig it seems all the entries are correct except the nameservers do not seem to get resolved. As such when I run ...
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Basic server build for practicing and learning linux on

I am taking it upon myself to learn Linux,so here is what I want to accomplish; I want to set up a server primarily for practice. I don't need it to do anything specific accept allow me to login via ...
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How to register domain name? [closed]

I am doing some research for the past few days because i would like to write an android app that would request information from a web server that i would build. I have not done anything like this, i ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS nameserver

Wich nameserver should I eneter for my Ubuntu Server? Should I use 192.168.1.254 from my router or 194.146.109.223 from my ISP?
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set up mailserver for multiple domains guide for beginner

I am not Linux pro, and after days of trying with tutorials how to set up postfix or other e-mail server I am try to find solution here. In your office we have HP Proliant server with Ubuntu server ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04: No internet through switch, help

I've been using Ubuntu Server 12.04, upgrading to 12.10 once I figure this out, on my IBM xSeries 335 (name: Server1; ip: 10.0.0.50) as a web server. I recently got a computer from a family friend ...
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How do I set up an Ubuntu server as a secondary DNS

The company I now work for specializes in web development. They are currently selling clients packages where they develop web applications for them to help automate certain business tasks for them. ...
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How to access my virtual machine server via hostname?

I created a Ubuntu 12.10 virtual machine in VMware which runs an Apache server. The VMware machine is on a bridged network adapter, so it's using the physical network connected on my host. For now I ...
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Can Ubuntu PC be router for small business?

Can I use PC with Ubuntu Linux to work as router for small company? I'm not an expert in networking so I'm interested what would be pros and cons with such setup, comparing to Cisco Small Business ...
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How to set up a caching DNS server for my network? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Best way to set up DNS caching? How do I set up a caching DNS server with Ubuntu?
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Average Number of Domains Supported by BIND DNS Server

How many DNS domains does BIND DNS Server support on Ubuntu 12.04 Server? Using an Amazon EC2 micro instance.
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How do I get resolvconf to regenerate resolv.conf after I change /etc/network/interfaces?

After updating /etc/networking/interfaces with something very similar to below, how do I get /etc/resolv.conf to update? I tried (as root) resolver -u, service networking restart but they didn't ...
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Setup DNS server for local network (with DHCP) for use with apache

I've set up an ubuntu-server to host a website. But at first i want to configure it to work in my local network. Actually it serves as DHCP server for the whole network with static ip 192.168.170.250 ...
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How do I set a static DNS nameserver address on Ubuntu Server?

I am trying statically to set DNS server addresses in my Ubuntu server running as virtual machine. I followed all recommendations on official Ubuntu support pages but I simply cannot get rid of my ...
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Configuring a DNS Server like OpenDNS [closed]

I want to configure a bind server that responds with a zone file even if this zone file was not created earlier. Basically I need a parking DNS server that every responds to every domain name (just ...
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Postfix DNS problem

So i get interesting problem with postfix which is it cannot sent emails with its own SMTP service! I need to use third party smtp server which is bad option. That error log is at friendpaste: Mail ...
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Server 12.04, LAN, Bind9 in home web development with email setup

I'm looking for a bit of advice and help in the networking field. It appears after many tries through This Tutorial I simply cannot get my LAN to work. I've been trying various methods and read most ...
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How to configue a DNS server statically?

I am setting up an Ubuntu (12.04) Server with a single statically-configured network interface. Every time I reboot /etc/resolv.conf seems to get reset to empty. Where can I put my DNS server address? ...
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Why doesn't this custom static IP network configuration work?

I installed Ubuntu server 12.04. I configured my network like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 121.127.36.164 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 121.127.36.0 broadcast 121.127.36.255 gateway ...
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Setting up private nameservers

I am wanting to setup private nameservers; like ns1.domain.com & ns2.domain.com and I am wanting to make my ubuntu server to point these nameservers to this machine. So now to manage DNS for a ...
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Ubuntu bind server stops working every few minutes

We have a bind9 DNS server installed on our network running on an Ubuntu system. Normally it works just fine, but every 20 minutes or so, it will stop working for about 3 minutes. Normally if I "dig ...
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Domain resolution - local first then external

I would like to know how I can configure my dns settings so that domain is resolved locally first, then if not resolved it goes to external DNS. I had this working before, I am using Ubuntu through a ...
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Mail Server not working?

I am trying to setup mail server since a long time but as I am new to Linux I have unsuccessfully configured it to the best as I could but now I need assistance. I have installed it using the links ...
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What Can Be Done To Secure Ubuntu Server?

I have a project to secure Ubuntu Server as much as I can. The server is a web hosting server. The server will be running LAMP , Mail , and DNS.
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Upgraded server to 12.04 DNS no longer working

I cannot ping/reach any website/service by name (e.g. ping google.com). I could temporarily fix this by changing 127.0.0.1 to my router in /etc/resolv.conf But that file gets overwritten. How can I ...
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How to connect to Ubuntu Server using external IP

I do not have a static IP because my external rarely changes. How can I connect via SSH and FTP via an external IP address.
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How can I host a domain/website on my new VPS?

I am an average Ubuntu user and currently i decided to strengthen my knowledge in Ubuntu. Since i am a web developer, lately i decided to setup my own web server powered by Ubuntu. I just bought an ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu Server with DNS using dnsmasq

I just want to have a local server inside my VirtualBox that offers DNS functionality like www.example.local => 127.0.0.1. My host operating system is Ubuntu 11.10 and guest is Ubuntu 10.10. On my ...
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What is the best practice when setting up web, mysql, mail, dns and file server? [closed]

I'm wondering how you would properly set up a Web, mail, mysql, DNS and file server. The file server isn't a FTP-server but more a SAMBA-server for the local network. I was thinking that the mail, ...
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How to setup DNS Server on Local network

Im having a Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop system,how can I configure the BIND server to resolve as the following: I should be able to use Google's Public DNS for the internet www.rootserver.com should ...
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How can I configure my server so that my domain points to it?

I have bought a domain name (without hosting), and at home I have a static ip address on Ubuntu server 11.04. How can I redirect users to my web server at home? What configuration needs to be done?
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how to configure two Nic for dns & resolv.conf &how to eth0 DNS forwards to eth1 & gw

I have two NICs. Here's my /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp //for internet auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static //for lan address 20.X.X.X.X netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast ...
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How do I setup an authoritative name server with tinydns?

I want to use tinydns to serve up DNS records for my domain name. What is a minimal example of how to set this up in Ubuntu? You can assume that I've already set the name server for the domain to ...
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How can I setup dhcpd (dynamic DNS)?

I have a Ubuntu Server 11.04 firewall/gateway set up and I'm wondering how I can configure isc-dhcp-server to update bind9 to resolve hostnames in the network. Here is my setup: 3 computers ...
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Hostname on intranet

I have a test server that is running Ubuntu Server in a windows network. Networking is configured as follows auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp hostname ca the command cat /etc/hostname returns ca. ...
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How to reach a host in the same network by hostname?

I have a network which connects a couple of hosts. I would like to be able to reach other hosts from one of them using the hostname. I just discovered the ".local" domain, which is available through ...
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Unable to resolve hostnames while using APT, what could be the problem?

Until two days before today my Ubuntu 10.10 Server updated fine. The output of sudo aptitude update → http://codepad.org/tkvXq66j The output of sudo aptitude update after replacing the Ubuntu ...
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How to setup dhcp3-server to advertise the DNS server the server itself has got from DHCP? [closed]

The Ubuntu 10.04 server has eth0 Internet interface configured by means of an ISP's DHCP. At the same time the server has static eth0 LAN interface to which it provides masquerading (NAT) and ...
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Dynamic /etc/resolv.conf file?

I have several Ubuntu servers. Two of them are working as DNS servers. One of my name servers (let's call it DNS1) went down for maintenance. I sill had another DNS server running (DNS2). All other ...
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Where should I place aliases for localhost?

I often need to use aliases for localhost (127.0.0.1) for my development work of websites, such that I can access them locally while routed via apaches virtual host concept. In the past I have always ...
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Switching a server to static IP from DHCP

I am running an Ubuntu 10.04 server installation and I recently had to switch it from DHCP to static ip. I edited /etc/network/interfaces file and switched iface eth0 inet dhcp to iface eth0 inet ...
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How can I configure Ubuntu to report its hostname to windows? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Access Ubuntu Server by host name How can I configure Ubuntu server to report its hostname in such a way that typing http://thehostname/ in a web browser will connect to ...