domain name quandry
I plan to learn enough about Linode and LAMP and Drupal and Git and sysadmin etc. to produce at least a few sites. But every now and then I read something that has no background explanation and my brain freezes.
I don't get the domain name thing. There is a requirement to put a domain name here and there when setting up a Linode account, but nowhere is there an explanation of why. Do I need a domain to replace
My guess is that this is common knowledge among anyone qualified to consider signing up for a VPS, and I don't qualify, but I want to play anyway. Do you all have a "PRIMARY DOMAIN NAME" that you own and use and identify yourself with, or does the Linode need it to be identified with, and to whom or to what? Please help.
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No - you can't have
Search the forum, there has been a few threads about which Domain Registrar to use (they say "buy" a domain name - but you're basically renting it - don't pay your rent and you lose your domain name).
Once you "have" a domain name, then you can point it to Linodes Name Servers and control the DNS for that domain there (or you can use which ever name server service you like).
*Technically you could use just the IP, but if you're going for practical study of how all this "stuff" works, best get a real domain (you're looking at $9/year - so it's hardly a wallet buster).
If you are just playing around you can get a free name here:
