Can someone please explain to me what a domain is
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A domain is like a name for a server. You can purchase a domain from domain providers such as GoDaddy, NameCheap, etc for around $10. When you purchase a domain you can connect it to a server. The server can be a web server, game server or just about any kind of other server. For a domain you can pick the name of it then select what suffix or what ever it's called. A suffix or what ever it's called would be like .net or .com. I'm not the best at explaining but I tried. If you have any other questions about them feel free to PM me and I'll try to help as best as I can!
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The domain does none of that. The domain's DNS is configured to point towards the server which essentially acts as an alias and masks the IP in a more human readable manner.
A domain is:
an area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.
"the southwestern French domains of the Plantagenets"
an area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.
"the southwestern French domains of the Plantagenets"
I'm not really good at explaining but a domain is an identification string. To explain in this into English it's like a name for something on the internet like for a website or a minecraft server and it's formed by the Domain Name System (DNS) that's what you configure to make it work, etc.and it to sum it up it represents an IP so let's say my IP is 198.204.232.188 (Btw, that's my server IP Feel free to join XD) and when I configure my domain I made it play.LivelyMC.com so yeah I'm sorry if this was confusing I just tried my best
I wanted to provide an explanation, but I found some good resources instead:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/d/f/domain_name.htm
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/domain_name.html
http://www.brickmarketing.com/define-website-domain.htm
http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/definition/domain-name
If you are interested in what host records are and how they work, I have resources on that. Host records are the main way of setting up a domain. This is what you would use to control where and how they are forwarded to an IP address.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/48090?hl=en
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/understanding-how-dns-works-part-1/
http://dyn.com/blog/dns-why-its-important-how-it-works/
If you are looking to setup a domain for a Minecraft server or other website, these links might be great resources for good domain providers and tools.
https://www.namecheap.com
https://www.cloudflare.com
http://viewdns.info
If you are interested in what Cloudflare is, you can read about it here
https://www.cloudflare.com/overview
http://mgeeky.com/what-is-cloudflare-advantage-and-disadvantage-of-cloudflare/
Cloudflare is what is called a reverse proxy. Basically all the traffic is forwarded:
Domain -> Cloudflare (sits between in order to block security issues such as DdoS) -> Web server
It blocks malicious traffic and may prompt you if it detects spam. The best thing is that a ton of people use it, so spotting spam is easy.
https://www.nginx.com/resources/glossary/reverse-proxy-server/
https://www.whatismyip.com/what-is-a-proxy/
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/load-balancing
The basic setup for host records involves something like this:
A record / www / ip-address
A record / @ / ip-address
This can go on forever. I wish I could share more, but I unfortunately do not have the time. I hope this helps a tiny bit.
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http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/d/f/domain_name.htm
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/domain_name.html
http://www.brickmarketing.com/define-website-domain.htm
http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/definition/domain-name
If you are interested in what host records are and how they work, I have resources on that. Host records are the main way of setting up a domain. This is what you would use to control where and how they are forwarded to an IP address.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/48090?hl=en
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/understanding-how-dns-works-part-1/
http://dyn.com/blog/dns-why-its-important-how-it-works/
If you are looking to setup a domain for a Minecraft server or other website, these links might be great resources for good domain providers and tools.
https://www.namecheap.com
https://www.cloudflare.com
http://viewdns.info
If you are interested in what Cloudflare is, you can read about it here
https://www.cloudflare.com/overview
http://mgeeky.com/what-is-cloudflare-advantage-and-disadvantage-of-cloudflare/
Cloudflare is what is called a reverse proxy. Basically all the traffic is forwarded:
Domain -> Cloudflare (sits between in order to block security issues such as DdoS) -> Web server
It blocks malicious traffic and may prompt you if it detects spam. The best thing is that a ton of people use it, so spotting spam is easy.
https://www.nginx.com/resources/glossary/reverse-proxy-server/
https://www.whatismyip.com/what-is-a-proxy/
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/load-balancing
The basic setup for host records involves something like this:
A record / www / ip-address
A record / @ / ip-address
This can go on forever. I wish I could share more, but I unfortunately do not have the time. I hope this helps a tiny bit.
Accepting donations http://payby.link/ck6P4D
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Well basically be it a minecraft server or a web server what a domain does is it basically makes is so that when you type something like MinePlex.com or whatever the domain they own is it will take you to their website which is actually some weird address usually a subdomain from host so it was most likely Mineplex.enjin.com before but they registered that domain and the directed it to their site so it would look more professional same for the minecraft server hope this helped.
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