Deploying a Web Application Presented By: Muhammad Naveed Date:

Topics we will discuss Server Setup –Application requirements –OS –Security Domain setting –Domain –Domain Name / Host name –Domain Name System (DNS)

Server Setup –Application requirements Web server to be used –Web server modules Third party tools/software Database requirements –Operating System OS is important Windows is not case sensitive but Linux is case sensitive. –Server Security Install and configure firewall Antivirus Mail security

Domain Settings What is domain? The term domain can refer either to a local subnetwork or to descriptors for sites on the Internet (e.g.,

Domain Name / Host Name Descriptive name for an IP = www.accountabilityadvantage.com Top Level Domain Sub-Domain

Domain Name System (DNS) An Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Computer sends request to the nearest DNS server which returns the IP corresponding to the domain name.

Domain Record NAME is the fully qualified domain name of the node in the tree. TYPE is the record type. It indicates the format of the data and it gives a hint of its intended use. For example, the A record is used to translate from a domain name to an IPv4 address, the NS record lists which name servers can answer lookups on a DNS zone, and the MX record specifies the mail server used to handle mail for a domain specified in an address

DNS record types A – Maps to IPv4 AAAA – Maps to IPv6 CNAME - Canonical name record Alias to another DNS lookup MX – Mail exchange ord_types

Resources sN.main.htmlhttp://uw714doc.sco.com/en/NET_tcpip/dn sN.main.html is-domain.htmlhttp:// is-domain.html _Systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name _System ecord_typeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_r ecord_types

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