How to setup virtulamin / webmin to host websites and namerservers respectively?

[Gomez_Adams]

@SamuelM

Does this mean that I need two servers, one to act as the DNS server and one for hosting the multiple websites?

No. One with Virtualmin on it does it all.

@SamuelM

I would like to have it setup just like godaddy or namecheap have it setup.

If you have no experience in setting up things like that you have two options:

1. Hire somebody to set up your Virtualmin server for you.
2. Use Cloudflare.

@SamuelM

For example,
if I have purchased a domain from namecheap and wish to use it with a godaddy hosting plan I simply change the domain’s nameservers at namecheap to godaddy’s. This then links my domain with my hosting plan and lets me manage all my DNS entries at godaddy not namecheap. Godaddy has millions of websites all using different domains yet they have one set of namservers for all (same as cloudflare). From my understadning this is how it works and wish to do the same as I have multiple sites of different domains to manage and wish to put them under one server. My aim as mentioned is to have a seperate DNS server for all my domains and a seperate hosting server which hosts my sites.

That’s how Virtualmin works. It’s a shared hosting provider. One server with one installation of Virtualmin can serve as many websites as your hardware can handle.

Again, all you have to do is know how to set it up. It’s not that difficult. You should be able to be up and running from a completely blank server in about an hour. If you decide to do it yourself, then this is the best advice I can give you:

What you should do first is install Virtualmin by the directions. They’re very, very simple:

1. Install your OS. You say you have Ubuntu 20.04. It needs to be the LTS version. Install it and DO NOT ADD ANYTHING TO IT. Do not modify it in any way. No matter what you think you need to install or set up, DO NOT DO IT. If you already have, delete that install and reinstall it and do not add or modify a single thing.

2. Run this command: # wget https://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh

3. Run this command: # sudo /bin/sh install.sh

Once that’s done, you’ll need to go through the post install setup dialogue. Once you’ve done that, you’re ready to start hosting sites.

You can either set up your own nameservers to run your DNS or use Cloudflare to do it. For a beginner, I highly recommend you use Cloudflare.

If you want your server to be your own nameservers and handle all DNS and you registered at Namecheap, then you follow these directions from Namecheap.

Wherever you register will have similar instructions to that. Cloudflare is self explanatory.

Either way, once that’s done then you simply enter the records you need in DNS to run any site you want and point the nameservers from your registrar to whatever service you’re using, be that your own server or Cloudflare.