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What am I doing wrong with hosting my website on OS X Server?
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<blockquote data-quote="Garthy" data-source="post: 351923" data-attributes="member: 53417"><p>Hello, I purchased OS X Server several months ago and am still failing to host my website. I have followed many tutorials and still haven't had any luck.</p><p></p><p>I would really appreciate it if someone could correct me on what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do.</p><p></p><p>(BTW, I'm using Yosemite or whatever it is.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Here's my host name set up:</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621700/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.50.09+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621700/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.50.09+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>(I have registered a free domain for the moment with <em>freenom</em>)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>When setting up my host name, I automatically set up my DNS:</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621701/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.54.43+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621701/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.54.43+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Do I need to edit my forwarding servers or anything?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621702/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.57.58+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621702/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.57.58+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>As I go to set up the website, I get a red circle (when I should be green). I have registered the domain:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621703/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.59.39+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621703/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.59.39+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Anyway, when continuing this is what it looks like:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621705/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.02.17+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621705/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.02.17+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>When I view the server website, this is what it looks like:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621706/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.04.23+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621706/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.04.23+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>What do I need to edit on my domain registrar?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is the name server page:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621707/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.08.45+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621707/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.08.45+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>What nameservers do I need to put in?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is the DNS page:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621712/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.09.15+am.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621712/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.09.15+am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>What record do I need to add?</p><p></p><p>The the name 'server'?</p><p></p><p>What type is it?</p><p></p><p>WTF is TTL?</p><p></p><p>Is the target my IP Address?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It would be greatly appreciated if someone could help my out, I am a nooooob.</p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garthy, post: 351923, member: 53417"] Hello, I purchased OS X Server several months ago and am still failing to host my website. I have followed many tutorials and still haven't had any luck. I would really appreciate it if someone could correct me on what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do. (BTW, I'm using Yosemite or whatever it is.) [B]Here's my host name set up:[/B] [URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621700/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.50.09+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621700/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.50.09+am.png[/IMG][/URL] (I have registered a free domain for the moment with [I]freenom[/I]) [B]When setting up my host name, I automatically set up my DNS:[/B] [URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621701/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.54.43+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621701/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.54.43+am.png[/IMG][/URL] Do I need to edit my forwarding servers or anything? [URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621702/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.57.58+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621702/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.57.58+am.png[/IMG][/URL] [B]As I go to set up the website, I get a red circle (when I should be green). I have registered the domain:[/B] [B][URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621703/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.59.39+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621703/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+10.59.39+am.png[/IMG][/URL][/B] [B]Anyway, when continuing this is what it looks like:[/B] [B][URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621705/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.02.17+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621705/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.02.17+am.png[/IMG][/URL][/B] [B]When I view the server website, this is what it looks like:[/B] [B][URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621706/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.04.23+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621706/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.04.23+am.png[/IMG][/URL][/B] [B]What do I need to edit on my domain registrar?[/B] This is the name server page: [URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621707/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.08.45+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621707/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.08.45+am.png[/IMG][/URL] What nameservers do I need to put in? This is the DNS page: [URL='https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-28992696-621712/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.09.15+am.png'][IMG]https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-28992696-621712/Screen+Shot+2015-09-29+at+11.09.15+am.png[/IMG][/URL] What record do I need to add? The the name 'server'? What type is it? WTF is TTL? Is the target my IP Address? It would be greatly appreciated if someone could help my out, I am a nooooob. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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