Dedicated server setup questions

[Starter]

Please don't be too hard on me for choosing the task, that I still need to learn about.
Here I go:
Trying to set up small hosting service, (just to go alone with some sites to cover cost).
Ordered dedicated server, got this info:
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Primary IP Subnet: xx.yy.z.216/30
Primary Usable IP Address: xx.yy.z.218
- Gateway: xx.yy.z.217
- Netmask: 255.255.255.252
- Broadcast: xx.yy.z.219

ABC HOST Company's (name of my primary host company) IP Subnet: xx.yy.z5.144/29
Usable IRC IP Range: xx.yy.z5.145 through xx.yy.z5.150
- Netmask: 255.255.255.248
- Broadcast: xx.yy.z5.151

To access DirectAdmin, use the following login:
http:[//xx.yy.z.218:2222
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I have general idea about what is what in this package, but perhaps someone could briefly outline what each of the terms above is, as part of this particular package.

About setting up:
1. Do I understand correctly, that I first of all, need to assign primary domain to the server? Which IP should I use, the xx.yy.zz.218?

2. As you can see, server came with 6 IPs (...145 to ...150), I went ahead and created reseller package (for that primary domain), then reseller (for that primary domain) and assigned all 6 IPs to that reseller (For now), each with the same 255.255.255.248 Netmask, right?

3. The dns (GoDaddy) should be changed to that pointing to my primary host (from whom I got server), right?
Can I set up my own ns by the way?

Would deeply appreciate your guidance.

P.S. Like I said, don't be hard on me. Just "learning to swim", by jumping into "water"

 

[nobaloney]

P.S. Like I said, don't be hard on me. Just "learning to swim", by jumping into "water"

The problem of course is that you're starting to swim by jumping into the water. My brother did it when he was six years old. We had just moved from New York City, to Miami Beach, Florida, and we were staying at the Blackstone Hotel, one of the fancy hotels of the era (the year was 1953). No one was watching him. I don't remember if there was a lifeguard or not; I was only nine. No matter. He learned. Successfully. I learned by the more traditional method .

But here's what we did for a new hire who has been running his own DirectAdmin server for some time but has just come to work for us:

First: Do you own a good server administration book covering the OS Distribution you're using? If so, read it. If not, buy one and read it . That's the best first step; once you do that you'll understand some of what you're asking.

Second: Once yo've done that, have you read all the topics covered here? Have you concentrated on the section named Getting Started?

Now that we've got general learning out of the way, let's move on:

Primary IP Subnet: xx.yy.z.216/30
Primary Usable IP Address: xx.yy.z.218
- Gateway: xx.yy.z.217
- Netmask: 255.255.255.252
- Broadcast: xx.yy.z.219

and ...

To access DirectAdmin, use the following login:
http:[//xx.yy.z.218:2222

From the above I presume you've already got DirectAdmin on your server, so you probably don't need any of the information above for DirectAdmin.

A /30 network has one usable IP# as follows:

Network: .216
Gateway: .217
usable IP#: .218
broadcast: .219

But this should all be set up for you or you wouldn't be able to reach your server on the 'net.

If you feel you're going to need additional IP#s check with your server supplier now; they may want to (or you may want them to) give you a different network now, as this setup wastes three IP#s for each usable IP#.

ABC HOST Company's (name of my primary host company) IP Subnet: xx.yy.z5.144/29
Usable IRC IP Range: xx.yy.z5.145 through xx.yy.z5.150
- Netmask: 255.255.255.248
- Broadcast: xx.yy.z5.151

I'm not sure what this range is or if it's on your server; it appears to have something to do with IRC (Internet Relay Chat).

As far as that second range is concerned, the netmask ends in .248, which means it's a /29 network, eight IP#s, generally five usable. You should probably check with your server provider as to which IP#s to use, unless they've already set it up for you (check the DirectAdmin control panel).

1. Do I understand correctly, that I first of all, need to assign primary domain to the server? Which IP should I use, the xx.yy.zz.218?

Whoever set up the server probably gave it a hostname. If that hostname isn't on one of your domains you'll have to change it to one that is; you should change the hostname (if necessary) from inside the DirectAdmi control panel. The hostname generally is a subdomain of a domain hosted on the server but it doesn't have to be.

I'm not sure what you or anyone else means by a primary domain. Do you mean the domain which is part of the hostname? You do not need a "primary domain" on the server. What you do need is that your hostname resolve somewhere in DNS and points to your server.

2. As you can see, server came with 6 IPs (...145 to ...150), I went ahead and created reseller package (for that primary domain), then reseller (for that primary domain) and assigned all 6 IPs to that reseller (For now), each with the same 255.255.255.248 Netmask, right?

I can't see your provider's network topology but as I wrote above, generally a /29 network has only five usable IP#s. Ask them.

3. The dns (GoDaddy) should be changed to that pointing to my primary host (from whom I got server), right?

Probably wrong

Can I set up my own ns by the way?

Yes, and you should.

Jeff

 

[Starter]

Jeff,
Thank you so much for your time answering.
Well, more questions than answers..., "sinking" so far..., will go grab the book to keep "afloat", meanwhile will call "host-guard" to restore, what I've messed up on the server...