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BobPOW
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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Location: Brownsburg, Indiana
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 Posted: Sun 24 Jan '10 19:09 Post subject: Pointing domain name to IP address |
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Hi.
I have a website on my Apache server. Typing in localhost in my browser brings up my site.
I got a domain name. How do I set it up so I can type my domain name in my browser to bring the site up? |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Sun 24 Jan '10 21:22 Post subject: |
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| Only from your LAN or from the internet or LAN and internet? |
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BobPOW
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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Location: Brownsburg, Indiana
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| Posted: Mon 25 Jan '10 2:53 Post subject: |
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| James Blond wrote: | | Only from your LAN or from the internet or LAN and internet? |
I don't understand what you are talking about.
I'm not sure if the entire internet can access my page. You can try typing in my IP address to see if it works.
I want to make it so you type in my domain name and get to my page. |
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James Blond
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| Posted: Mon 25 Jan '10 21:17 Post subject: |
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OK, first you have to configure your DNS server that the domain name points to your external IP.
Second you have to set the server name to your domain name or create a virtual host with that domain name.
If there is a router between your server and the internet, make sure that you use portforwarfing (port 80 for http and port 443 if you use https (SSL)).
if you only want to access your apache with that name from a computer in your network you could also modify the hosts file in windows\system32\drivers\etc
if you still have a question please ask again.
Well LAN is your internal network. |
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