So you have your box running httpd and DNS? Kewl. RR really accepts zone transfers from its non-business accout home user customers? I did not think they would but have never tried. I will have to give it a try as it sounds cool. So the ony cost you have is the cost of your registered domain name (unless you count the cost of your hardware/software/broadband). I suppose you would not have to pay for that unless its either taken already or you were afraid of somebody else taking it away from you.
Can you set up a Linux DNS to do zone transers at a given interval incase the IP addy would change and you no realize it? Thanks! Chad On 12/9/05, Dave Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been running a server on RR for about a year and my DNS has only > changed once and that was really early on. Just change your zone file to > point to the assigned IP and remember if it stops working to update. My > down time has minimal and setting up some kind of dydns system seems not > to be worth the effort at the moment. YMMV. :-) > > Dave S. > > David McDowell wrote: > > I'll just comment on the distro selection. I use CentOS 4.x at home, > > love it, has a long life cycle, stable, etc. A Debian release would > > give you the same, and an even LONGER life cycle! Me, I'm unfamiliar > > with deb except in an Ubuntu desktop area, which is slim knowledge at > > best. Using something like Fedora Core is far too unstable and way > > too many package updates, way too short a life cycle for running a > > stable, solid server. Think of FC as debian testing or even debian > > unstable? I actually saw someone at the LUG meeting last night > > running SuSE (brave IMHO) and I was never impressed with Mandriva > > (used to be Mandrake) but others like it. > > > > RR port 22 and 80 no problem for 5.5 years. I use zoneedit.com for > > free DNS on dynamic IP. > > > > > > On 12/9/05, Scott Lundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> 1. What is good software used to host a photos that you can browse > >>> easily. > >>> > >>> > >> I use gallery 1.x from http://gallery.menalto.com/. It is OSS, the code > >> is on sourceforge, the website is offsite. > >> > >> > >>> 3. Is a 400 P2 128 megs of ram good enough for a lightly traveled web > >>> site. Will not run a GUI to conserve resources. Is this enough horse > >>> power > >>> to MySQL/PHP. I might though togather a VERY basic dynamic web site > >>> just to > >>> tinker and learn PHP(if I can find time). > >>> > >> It's perfect and near what I used to run (450 P2, 512 Mb, 6 Gb). Now my > >> development box is a (500 P3, 512 Mb, 40 Gb disk) with PHP 4.x, Apache > >> 2.x, MySQL 4.x installed. Occasionally I'll start X, and most > >> applications work well enough. Open Office is the only thing I've seen > >> that takes a measurable amount of time to start. But that's not your > >> intent. I don't have any performance numbers about this configuration. > >> > >> > >>> 4. Any issues with doing such a thing with Road Runner. > >>> > >> Check your service agreement if you're concerned about legality. > >> > >> > >>> 5. What dynamic DNS service to you all use or is buying a static IP > >>> address > >>> cheaper? > >>> > >> I was using the free service from dyndns.com. I was very happy with it > >> so I bought their $25/year custom DNS solution so now my primary > >> website & email is accessible through my hosting provider but if I need > >> to get into my dev server I've got a subdomain just for it. There's a > >> small client on the dev box that runs via cron to update it's DNS > >> record when/if its IP changes. > >> > >> > >>> 6. What distro of linux would you use for a project of this nature? > >>> > >> The 450 P2 ran Fedora Core 2. The 500 P3 is running FC 3 with legacy > >> updates. If I was going to start the project fresh with older hardware > >> I might pick Debian's Sarge release. > >> > >> -- > >> TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >> > >> > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
