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Posted by llista, 09-29-2007, 09:04 AM
I am looking at a VPS (A) sign up webpage and they ask me for: ReverseDNS / PTR: Another VPS (B) sign up webpage asks me for: Server Hostname: These two VPS are selling unmaged VPS, my question is, do I usually need to have a domain name in order to rent a VPS? I never had a VPS before so I thought they would give me their own URI/IP and would log in there in port 22 via ssh. If I need my own domain name to rent a VPS, then why is the first service asking me for the ReverseDNS? I do have a domain name if necessary but it is not hosted anywhere therefore I have no IP pointing to it. I do not want to use the VPS for webhost just for something else. Thank you
Posted by david510, 09-29-2007, 09:18 AM
Most hosts ask for the hostname as they can set up the server with the details you provided. Since you are going for a server you should need a hostname and details such as reverse dns.
Posted by llista, 09-29-2007, 09:27 AM
Ok, I understand now I need a domain name in order to have a VPS, but I always thought a reverseDNS it is the IP pointing to the domain name, so if my domain name is not hosted anywhere, how can they ask for that? Supposedly if I give them a domain name then the IP will be the same as the VPS account they give me.
Posted by david510, 09-29-2007, 09:51 AM
Reverse dns means the reverse look up of your IP address in the server. When your server it setup, and your you have registered a domain elsewhere and has a zone file, you will need to add the hostname entry for the new server in that zone file as follows. In domain.com zone file add a subdomain as host IN A IP_of_the_new_server So the host.domain.com will have a IP that will be in the new server. Now this IP should have a reverse dns. It can be set as host.domain.com itself.

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