DNS issues
Migration: Gotta make sure DNS is all aligned. This is plaguing me. Gotta get it right the 1st time!! Plesk: • Edit /var/named/run-root/var/domainname.com to reflect correct SOA and NS records also A records. • Increment the record!!! • Make sure to restart the named with something like /etc/init.d/named restart cPanel: • Be sure to add […]
Migration steps
Migrating from Plesk to cPanel Consider: Setup Account primary login has shell and sftp abilities. Use sftp instead of ftp. Setup mx records in mail area of cPanel. Note server type should be local. Email passwords can’t be migrated….not yet. Looking into that…. Add redirects as forwarders. Aliases as forwarders. Dist list as multiple forwarders on […]
cPanel DNS – MX records
Their simple dns is not worth much. Gotta alays remember to use the advanced. BTW MX records are not changed in the DNS area but the email area. OOOkkkk. So I had my domain sanjuanweb.com setup. AND I did receive email there. Not sure what changed there and how. But the DNS MX record slipped […]
StormOnDemand – Migration
Moveing to a StormOnDemand webserver. Uses cPanel. I’m freindly with a Plesk cp and the cPanel is a bit of a change for me. Nice to stretch but wow lots to consider. 1st note: WordPress permalinks .htaccess mess up the ability to have .htaccess files in other directories. Good head ache this. The solution for […]