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How to decide on a FQDN

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Hello,

I am setting up a new Linode for a client's website I am developing. Should the domain name part of the FQDN be the main website or what is good practice?

For example, I have named this machine deb6wsrv, and the website hosted on it will be lets say mywebsite.com.

Should I set the FQDN of the machine to be deb6wsrv.mywebsite.com? I'm just wondering what a good/best practice is.

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Well, Nevermind.

I found the answers to my question here:

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For development, I always name my VPS' the way I want to and just set up DNS for client sandboxes (i.e., "beta.myclient.com" points to my VPS, where there is a virtual host ready to serve up the dev site). For me it just keeps things cleaner in my head. My VPS is my VPS, and if the client sites should need to move around for whatever reason, it's all done within DNS.

I suppose if the client/project is big enough to warrant its own Linode, then A. congratulations, and B. sure, why not…name it after 'em. :)

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