Do I need Hostname?

Bryan McClure · Nov 17, 2017

I am purchasing a new VPS and they are asking me this on order page

Hostname

Code:

Servername.youdomain.com

My question is I need a hostname for that? I don't have more domain names to create hostname while my main domain is not pointed to new host. If i use it for hostname, It can cause any problems when poingting my domain DNS to new host?

24x7serverman · Nov 18, 2017

No issue, you can have the hostname anthing while ordering the VPS. You can update the hostname afterwards. There won't be any issue while pointing your domain to the new host. One you will have the domain name then you can point domain to proper DNS.

RackService · Nov 19, 2017

Normally you can fill anything in the order process. Afterwards you can change it to the correct value (if necessary) for the purpose you're going to use it.

radwebhosting · Nov 19, 2017

You don't need a hostname. You can always refer to your VPS address by IP. A hostname is a nickname assigned to the IP address.

Bryan McClure · Nov 19, 2017

24x7serverman said:
No issue, you can have the hostname anthing while ordering the VPS. You can update the hostname afterwards. There won't be any issue while pointing your domain to the new host. One you will have the domain name then you can point domain to proper DNS.

RackService said:
Normally you can fill anything in the order process. Afterwards you can change it to the correct value (if necessary) for the purpose you're going to use it.

@radwebhosting, @RackService

But anyway, I still need to have a real hostname to use hosting after that?

radwebhosting said:
You don't need a hostname. You can always refer to your VPS address by IP. A hostname is a nickname assigned to the IP address.

How can I do that? can you give an example?

Can I get hostname from my hosting provider? like this

Code:

server001.myhostingproviderdomain.com

Not sure this will work...?

RackService · Nov 19, 2017

If you have a DNS manager with your domain provider, the host does not matter. You can create a DNS record pointing to the IP of the VPS you receive:

vps.mydomain.com > 1.1.1.1
mydomain.com> 1.1.1.1

Then, if the VPS is configured properly, the website will load correctly (if you want to host a website in it for example).

mobin · Nov 23, 2017

It is better to have a valid hostname especially if you are using the server for emails. If you send emails from your server and the hostname is not real valid, some of the receiving parties will bounce thise emails. As long as you have a domain name, what actually preventing you to create a new FQDN for your server? Suppose you have domain.com and your VPS has IP address 1.1.1.1, you can create an FQDN like vps01.domain.com pointing to 1.1.1.1 and set hostname for your VPS as vps01.domain.com... you are all set?

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