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I am having problems setting up a custom domain (purchased on GoDaddy.com) with an Azure virtual machine (on which I plan on running multiple websites.) I've setup some Endpoints (80 for Http and 443 for SSL) I am using the CNAME of myvm.cloudapp.net and I set the binding in the VM IIS to my Azure VM INTERNAL IP ADDRESS. Voila, it all works. The problem is that Azure will change this IP every once in a while...so my question is, is there a better way to set this up so that I don't have to worry about IP address changes?
The search keyword you are looking for is "dynamic DNS".
Set up a dynamic DNS account somewhere (e.g. http://www.noip.com/free/, or DynDns, there are many others). You will get a host name from them, and some client software that you run that keeps their DNS servers updated (some routers have dynamic-dns clients built in to their hardware as well). Then add a CNAME entry for your real domain/subdomain that points to your dynamic dns host name. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS for a general overview.
Your DNS provider may also have their own dynamic DNS client software that just works with their service - ask them if they support dynamic DNS (or search on their support site). Personally, I skip the middle men and just use ZoneEdit's nameservers (http://www.zoneedit.com/dynamicDNS.html, not free) for all DNS services. They have dynamic DNS support.
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I have a web server set up at home for hosting a web site and I bought a domain from NameCheap. Now I want to connect the two together. I watched a lot of tutorials and I can see that the most popular way of registering your server is with a DNS 'A record' by connecting to my IP address. The problem is that my IP address is changing every once in a while and I am not sure if this means that I have to make my IP static. Is that possible and how do I do that? Also, is this a good way of connecting my domain to my server or is there a better way?
It's possible, there are 2 options:
Call your ISP, and ask if they offer a static IP as an option for your service (depending on where you live, this could be expensive, and not available for home connections). Then point the DNS A to your new fix IP.
Use a service like "No-IP": In this scenario you have to associate a CNAME (instead of a A Record) to a subdomain from No-IP, and they will redirect to your home dynamic IP.
Now take into account, for those 2 cases, you'll need to forward that domain to your local computer using the function of DDNS of your router, plus another settings like port forwarding.
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I have an FTP server running on a local synology server. It has an external IP address to which I can connect to using an FTP client on port 21. I'm wondering if there is a way to access this FTP server using my domain (ex. ftp.mydomain.com or something similar). The DNS for my domain is managed on Google Cloud DNS.
How do I get started with achieving this?
You can create private or public zone at Google Cloud DNS (depends on your needs) and that's all. In case you need public zone - you should register domain name at first and then use exactly the same NS records you'll get at Google Cloud DNS as DNS servers for your domain at registrar's control panel. Here you can find best practices for private zones. After creating dns zone for your domain you should create A record for your ftp.
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If my university uno.edu has all public IP addresses and it wants to add a department as a DNS subdomain i.e. cs.uno.edu
Will it typically handle the subdomain itself on it's local on campus DNS servers?
Or will it register that subdomain with a registrar?
Also, will windows server handle remote internet DNS requests?
I'm asking because I'm trying to figure out how powerful windows server DNS capabilities are.
uno.edu/computer-science is not a subdomain, but a URL. A subdomain would be computer-science.uno.edu.
The DNS server of the top-level-domain edu will reference to the DNS server of your university (uno.edu) and that one manages all subdomains on an local DNS server (like the aforementioned computer-science.uno.edu for instance). However, it's also possible that your university does not host an own DNS server if they don't need to manage subdomains.
And yes, Windows Server can certainly handle remote requests.
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I brought few domain names from a domain register in my Country. So yea they manage the domain like change DNS etc. Is there a way that I can mange my own DNS.
Example:
Domain Register (DNS) points ---> DNS Manager Service (This is where I will manage the DNS) from my side. It will like a redirecting DNS just like we redirecting websites from one domain to another.
Hope you understand what am trying to say here. I don't whats its called. Did Google but even a clue what am looking for.
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You need a managed DNS service.
There is a nice list on wikipedia
Once you acquire one of these services, you will inform your domain register to point to the managed DNS site. Any request for your domains is forwarded to the managed DNS site. You will use a control panel on the managed site to further forward to your final destination (rented cloud server, server at home, construction page, etc)
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Does anyone know if this is possible? Browsing around on the internet I found out that it had been put on the roadmap but that was quite a way back. Has anyone achieved this? It seems odd that such a big player in the hosting industry doesn't offer this, as AWS does.
Also, I'm talking about reverse dns on virtual machines not the ip addresses of cloud services. I assumed it was something to do on the configuration of the linux machine, since the virtual machines have root access I thought this may have been possible, although struggling to find info on it.
It looks like Reverse DNS feature is planned but I was not able to find more details on any timeline / planned release date.
You can find out more on those features on Provide Reverse DNS for the Azure Virtual Machines as well as reverse DNS lookup proposals on Windows Azure Feature Voting website.
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As pointed out by #franzo, Windows Azure platform now support reverse DNS records at no additional cost. Reverse DNS support is for all PaaS and IaaS Cloud Services. You can find out more about that feature on Announcing: Reverse DNS for Azure Cloud Services.