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Author: Ricky Bryce (Montgomery County, Illinois)

Registering your Domain

Before we get the VPS set up, let's decide what domain name you are going to use. Examples of domain names are “myfirstandlastname.com” or “mylastname.com”. Try to pick a domain name that is easy for people to remember. It's possible you might be using this domain name for your own email as well “me@mylastname.com”

Now, that you have decided what name you wish to register, let's see if that domain name is available. The service I prefer is godaddy.com, but there are many others. Depending on the type of domain name you wish to register, the cost will probably be around $10/year.

Let's get started. First, go to godaddy.com, and set up an account (As I said, you can use any registrar you wish, but this document is based on my personal preferences, to keep things simple). Register your preferred domain name. If your preferred name is already taken, you can keep trying until you find a name that is available. When you register the domain, you can skip all the extra features they try to sell you (unless you see any that catch your eye) At some point during the registration process you may be asked for DNS servers, and should have the option to use the parked name servers for now. We will need to come back later and adjust the DNS information.

Write down the password you used to log into godaddy.com with!! We will be using several passwords throughout this document, so you will want to keep track of them!

Username_____________________

Password______________________