Hi again Almaz,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
> Thank you very much for your help about web server
> during our previous conversation!
> Sorry I did not contact you in while because was reading
> books about TCP/IP!
>
> I have few questions if you dont mind:
>
> If I understood right first what I have to do is to obtain static IP
> address from my ISP or NSI?
Yes, from your ISP, making sure that it is not in one pf the 'internal'
ranges
that I mentioned previously. Also make sure that you are allowed to
assign it to
your own domain. Not all ISP's allow this. Your ISP should then handle
NSI for
you.
> The cost for static IP address offered by my ISP will be $10 per
> month that is approximately 2 times higher than I found at another
> places.
Well to me ,here in the UK, that price doesn't sound too bad. But then
again
we're used to being ripped off over here :~(
> Can I order static IP address directly from NIC and to whom
> will I pay in that situation?
No, the address will have to be allocated by whoever supplies your
connection and
they should then make sure that your domain is on the nameservers. It
will come
out of their block(s) of IP numbers.
You can find out what range your IP will be in as follows (assuming that
your ISP
does not give you an 'internal' address). I'll use my own service
provider as an
example, although they don't provide static IP's. My service provider is
a
company called Global Internet.
First, connect by modem as normal then find the IP that has been
allocated.
[root@eden /root]# ifconfig ppp0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:195.147.141.105 P-t-P:195.147.128.13
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:313 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3
TX packets:313 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
Then use the appropriate whois server for the address range. In my case,
addresses beginning with 195 are allocated to the RIPE block(Europe) so
I need to
use whois.ripe.net. The other main whois servers are whois.arin.net for
the
American area and whois.apnic.net for the Asian/Pacific area. There is
also
whois.mil.net(I think that's right) for American military bases etc.
[root@eden /root]# whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[joshua.ripe.net]
% Rights restricted by copyright. See
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html
inetnum: 195.147.0.0 - 195.147.255.255
netname: UK-GLOBAL-971112
descr: Global Internet Ltd.
country: GB
admin-c: AEL2-RIPE
admin-c: TJS1-RIPE
tech-c: AEL2-RIPE
tech-c: JPN5-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970618
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19971112
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19990413
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19990426
source: RIPE
route: 195.147.0.0/16
descr: Global Internet Ltd
descr: Second RIPE Allocation
origin: AS5482
notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mnt-by: AS5482-MNT
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19971112
source: RIPE
person: Andy Leveridge
address: Global Internet Limited
address: 113-123 Upper Richmond Road
address: London SW15 2TL
address: UK
phone: +44 181 957 1167
fax-no: +44 181 957 1100
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nic-hdl: AEL2-RIPE
mnt-by: GLOBAL-MNT
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970514
source: RIPE
person: Trystan Julliard-Search
address: Global Internet Limited
address: 113-123 Upper Richmond Rd
address: London SW15 2TL
address: UK
phone: +44 181 957 1175
fax-no: +44 181 957 1100
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nic-hdl: TJS1-RIPE
mnt-by: GLOBAL-MNT
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970102
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970106
source: RIPE
person: Jon Nangle
address: Global Internet Limited
address: 113-123 Upper Richmond Rd
address: London SW15 2TL
address: UK
phone: +44 181 957 1171
fax-no: +44 181 957 1100
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nic-hdl: JPN5-RIPE
mnt-by: GLOBAL-MNT
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19961212
changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970106
source: RIPE
That should give all the info with regard to your ISP. You may find that
there
are several blocks of IP addresses if it's a big provider, whereas
Global
Internet only has the one block (195.147.0.0 - 195.147.255.255).
I assume that you are in the USA, since you mentioned dollars above. If
this is
the case, you will need to change:
'whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
to
'whois <yourIPnumber>@whois.arin.net'
> Am I talking about virtual hosting if in my case I have 5 domains
> and 1 linux box?
Yes
> Will one static IP be enough in my situation with virtual hosting?
No, because even if you could register 5 domains to a single IP, there
would be
no way for your machine to know which domain the request was for, as the
request
headers only contain IP numbers. This is why you often get a delay while
your
browser looks up the address that corresponds to the name you have
entered.
You require one IP for each domain/virtual host and would configure your
linux
machine like this (I'll assume for the example that your IP's are a
consecutive
block, from 200.0.0.1 to 200.0.0.5).
In /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
200.0.0.1 www.domain1.com
200.0.0.2 www.domain2.com
200.0.0.3 www.domain3.com
200.0.0.4 www.domain4.com
200.0.0.5 www.domain5.com
And either use linuxconf to set up the aliases or have the following
somewhere in
your boot scripts (/etc/rc.d/rc.local is as good a place as any). I'll
assume
eth0 for a cable modem or DSL. You will also need to 'man ifconfig' for
configuration options relevant to your circumstances.
ifconfig eth0:0 inet 200.0.0.1
ifconfig eth0:1 inet 200.0.0.2
ifconfig eth0:2 inet 200.0.0.3
ifconfig eth0:3 inet 200.0.0.4
ifconfig eth0:4 inet 200.0.0.5
You then need to set up the virtual hosts in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
(on RH).
I've kept these simple for brevity.
<VirtualHost www.domain1.com>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /home/www/domain1.com/public_html
ServerName www.domain1.com
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/www/domain1.com/cgi-bin/
ErrorLog logs/www.domain1.com-error_log
TransferLog logs/www.domain1.com-access_log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost www.domain2.com>
...............
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost www.domain3.com>
...............
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost www.domain4.com>
...............
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost www.domain5.com>
...............
</VirtualHost>
And, of course, you need to set up the directories and fill them with
all sorts
of exciting web pages ;~)
> > "Neuhofer, Georg (EDU)" wrote:
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Dave Millen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:33 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: WEB SERVER
> > > >
> > > > Hi Almaz,
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Dave,
> > > ---[snip] >
> > >
> > > ---[snip] >
> > > >
> > > [Neuhofer, Georg]
> > > Thanks Dave
> > >
> > > I also read your advise with great interest, please keep it on
> the
> > > mailing list.
> > >
> > > regards
> > > Georg
> >
> > No problem :)
> >
Hope this helps, regards,
Dave
--
He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream
too.
-- Lewis Carroll
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web1 : www.largesalad.co.uk
web2 : www.p21.co.uk
