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What is all I will get installed with my VPS?

By default you will get RDP access to your VPS. We will also configure and install IIS 7.0, SQL Database and WebsitePanel and hMailServer upon your request.

You have to install DNS service and Web and FTP service - IIS, then you have to upload your files and your sites will work

Installing DNS server in your VPS:

By default, windows VPS servers do not have DNS functions. However they can easily be added,

To install DNS server from the Control Panel, follow these steps:

 

1. From the Start menu, select | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Server Manager.

2. Click on "roles", under "roles summary", click "add role services"

3. Check the "DNS server" box and click next, then next again, then "install". Close when done.

 

After installing DNS, you can find the DNS console from Start | All Programs | Administrative Tools | DNS.

 

Next you will want to add a DNS zone for your main domain and configure some hostnames to use for custom nameservers.

Future domains you host on your VPS will use these nameservers to point the domain name to your VPS server.

 

1. Select DNS from the Administrative Tools folder on the start menu to open the DNS console.

2. Right click on the "forward lookup zones" folder, underneath your server name, and select "new zone".

3. Click next and then select "primary zone".

4. For zone name, use the domain name want to use for name servers. (Do not use www, or any sub-domain prefix.

Just the domain name, like "your_domain.com") Click Next.

5. Leave the default option checked "create a new file with this file name" and Click Next.

6. Make sure "do not allow dynamic updates" is selected on the next, click Next and then Finish.

 

Now that your main domain has a DNS zone, you can configure some sub-domain A records to act as hostnames for your nameservers.

 

1. Load the DNS console, expand "forward lookup zones".

2. Find your domain, right click and select "New Host (a or AAAA)".

3. For Name, input "NS1" (or whatever you like), and then use the main ip address of your VPS server 37.220.12.167 .

Select the "create associated pointer record" option, and click "add host".

4. Repeat the steps for your second nameserver "ns2" or whatever you like.

 

Now that you have the sub-domain A records configured in your DNS.

You can register these hostnames/sub-domains with your domains registrar as nameservers and use them to point future domains

to your VPS server. Once this is done, you will need to go to the registrar where your domain was registered and register

your nameservers. If we registered the domain on your behalf, go to http://portal.aspnethosting.co.uk and submit a ticket

with the nameservers

you selected and ask to have us register them with the registrar with your servers IP address(es).

If we did not register your domain name, you will need to contact the place where your domain is registered and register

your nameservers and server IP there.

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