Setting up shared hosting

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alex.barylski
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Setting up shared hosting

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If I wanted to setup a shared hosting service what would be the basic steps in accomplishing that?

Basically my real concern is the last dedicated hosting service I used required me to contact them each time I wanted to add a sub-domain. I also had to use their DNS servers unless I had my own.

I assume if I wanted to use my own I would have to rent 2 more dedicated servers and configure them as DNS servers?

I'm comfortable enough with LAMP but not extremely well versed with DNS, Email, etc...
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Perhaps you could look into a control panel like cPanel
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Unfortunately its more then just software. Hosting is very very competitive and customers are very demanding. The process of setting up a hosting business can be learned over at these forums:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

Edit: also check out a free panel called webmin, its a basic GUI that was helpful for me when learning DNS and such. Eventually you'll want to be able to write the bind config files yourself though. The panel doesn't have much to be said for it in terms of production value but its a nice learning tool. You can run DNS on the same server as your websites, it is recommended however, to have 2 dedicated DNS servers in geographical different locations. Most hosts offer to let you use their servers, but some like you found out don't really have much in terms of direct access for you. If you set your TTL really low and you're not handling a lot of traffic, one main DNS server won't be a major issue.
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