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Point a URL at a cathnet site or subsite

Covers all the steps involved
  1. Buy a URL, we currently suggest http://exodusdomains.com/.
  2. Set the DNS entry to NS1.LINODE.COM and NS2.LINODE.COM
  3. In the LINODE Management portal choose DNS manager and add a new domain zone for your url. Also add the A records, CNAME records. look at the same type of URL to find out how the entry should look.
  4. Use SSH to goto /etc/apache2/sites-available and perform the following commands
    cp [similar URL] [your URL]
    vi [your URL]
    type 'i' for insert and [ESC] to escape insert to change the file.
    type ':' to get the command prompt and 'w' to write or 'q' to quit.

  5. link the file in sites-available with /etc/apache2/sites-enabled with the following sample command
    ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/cathnet.org /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/cathnet.org 
  6. Then you need to restart apache for the changes to take place - type in

    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
  7. That should be it.

by Rob Zaar last modified 2007-02-11 01:26

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