dns

(: June 5, 2019)IntroductionTrying to imagine a world of IT without Domain Name Servers (DNS) can be very intimidating and prohibitive to say the least. With all of the websites and servers accessed via the web around the world, who can…

This guide will help you to install and configure Dnsmasq DNS Server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver). For those new to Dnsmasq, Dnsmasq is a simple, lightweight, easy to use and manage DNS server with support for Lua scripting, IPv6,…

ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel developed by company ISPConfig UG for Linux. ISPConfig is licensed under BSD license. It is capable of managing multiple servers from one control panel. In this guide, I’ll show you how to…

In this guide, we will cover the installation of PowerDNS Authoritative Name Server and PowerDNS-Admin on Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9 flavors of Linux. PowerDNS is a DNS server, written in C++ and licensed under the GPL. It runs on most Linux…

Whenever making DNS changes, lowering your TTLs (Time To Live) 24 hours ahead of time will reduce the amount of time that your change takes to propagate. This article assumes that you are running BIND on a linux server, that you already…

An SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record is a list of servers that are allowed to send e-mail from your domain. This reduces spam activity that may be perceived to originate from your domain, which is known as source address…

Note: The instructions in this tutorial are for the Managed WordPress portal client, these instructions do not apply if you have a sxi.io Web WordPress Server Optimized Template account.Going live with your site is the last step in the…

Pre-Flight CheckThese instructions are intended for domain names using sxi.io Web’s nameservers.If the main domain uses other nameservers, such as at a registrar, you will need to log in there and add an “A” record for the…

MX (Mail eXchanger) records are like an address for your domain’s email. The MX record tells the rest of the internet where to send your email.For Mac OS X or Linux Users: Mac OS X Users: Open your Applications folder, then…

Domains create your address on the internet. When you own a domain, you can tell people to go to the URL mysite.com and they will see whatever content you’ve associated with that domain. Every domain name is matched to an IP address…