Domain – How to point domain names to a windows server 2008 Web Edition and manage subdomains ect

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I really don't know where to go with this as I don't normally have to sort domains out on this level. Hers is what I want and have:

  1. I am using Windows Server 2008 Web Edition (so no DNS Role).

What I need:

  1. I want to be able to point my domain name at my windows server which I will have running XAMPP – I assume I need to set up some name servers on my server.
  2. I will need to be able to add subdomains and I want to be able to manage them on the windows machine.

Could someone point me in the right direction because I am a little lost. I normally use CPanel and have all this done for me..

Please let me know if you need any more information and I will provide it.

Best Answer

It's quite a lot to explain here, but let me give you some basics and a few pointers as to where you should look for more information.

You don't need a DNS role if your domain is hosted somewhere on a DNS service. You only need to create records.

For web, you would probably want to create 2 A records:

domain.tld A 12.12.12.12 www.domain.tld A 12.12.12.12

On your server, XAMPP is running Apache so you can basically check out the official Apache documentation for a lot of information on how to do it.

This guide: http://www.tildemark.com/setting-up-virtual-hosts-with-xampp-running-on-windows-xp/ seems like it explains in short what you need to do with the XAMPP configuration.

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