VPS noob question, Help

[jasoothai]

I signed up a vps host with my email address and hostname as s1.hostname.com. Is it correct, What I have to type at the host name prompt ? Thanks.

jasoothai Reviewed by jasoothai on 9th Jun 2012. VPS noob question, Help I signed up a vps host with my email address and hostname as s1.hostname.com. Is it correct, What I have to type at the host name prompt ? Thanks. Rating: 5

[jayfella]

traditionally you would call it:

nl1.extremecoderz.com OR
gb1.extremecodrz.com OR
main.extremecoderz.com OR
s01.extremecoderz.com OR
usefulname.extremecoderz.com

or something along those lines. extremecoderz.com would be the primary domain name, which will also be used for your nameservers and most likely your mail domain - mail.extremecoderz.com

It will become important when using email addresses created with your domain name - e.g. mymail@extremecoderz.com - an invalid hostname will return an invalid HELO response. The reciever will most likely refuse the mail, since most spammers have an invalid or non-matching hostname.

[jasoothai]

Can I change it in control panel to s01.mydomin.com

[jayfella]

yep. thats fine.

[jasoothai]

I have CentOS 5 32bit,
Can you tell me what things I have to install in order to start hosting.

[Harper]

You will need to install a Control Panel.

[jasoothai]

Is that the thing I first want to be installed ?

[Redinit]

What are you trying to start hosting? Your own sites?

You don't need a control panel, if its for your own sites than a control panel will just waste resources and create more software you have to secure. The more software you have installed the more doors hackers can get into, and it sounds like you never managed a server before.

[UKInternetGroup]

IF you plan on installing cpanel and are running centos 5 32bit... do the following

Login into ssh

Run the following commands:

# yum update
(you will be asked if you want to download the files press " y " which means yes)

Now run
# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
(again you will be asked to say yes to downloading the files so again press " y ")

Now install cpanel using the following commands

# cd /home
# wget -N http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/latest
# sh latest

The above will install cpanel for you, this will give you 15 days free trial.

[Harper]

The cPanel installation can last longer than an hour.