Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of setup_dedicated_ip

Timestamp:

Oct 14, 2007, 9:37:26 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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setup_dedicated_ip

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  1. Allocated the IP by editing the [wiki:ip_allocation] page, putting the member domain name next to the next available IP address.
- 1. Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces on the machine in which the account is hosted. Add a stanza like the following:
+ 1. Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces on the machine in which the account is hosted. Add a stanza like the following (summup.org is the domain name of hosting order. The Address and netmask should reflect the address and netmask of the record you took from the [wiki:ip_allocation IP allocation] page):
 {{{
 auto eth0:summup.org
@@ -9 +9 @@
   netmask 255.255.255.240
 }}}
-summup.org is the domain name of hosting order. The Address and netmask should reflect the address and netmask of the record you took from the [wiki:ip_allocation IP allocation] page.
- 1. Bring the new IP up with:
+ 1. Bring the new IP up with (change summup.org to the domain name that you used):
 {{{
-sudo ifup eth0:summup.org (Change summup.org to the domain name that you used)
+sudo ifup eth0:summup.org 
 }}}
  1. Modify the DNS records via red. For advanced users, you should ask them to make this change. Change the IP address of the A records to the new ip (usually this would just be, in the example above, summup.org and www.summup.org). The SSL certificate will typically only apply to these domains - so you don't want to change the IP address of, for example, summup.mayfirst.org.