How to create your own hostname for an ip address?

[freebotter]

How to create your own hostname for an ip address?
Example:-
If i am running apache, and giving my friend my ip to view the webpage.
what should i do if i want a hostname instead of ip?
Note:- i have tried freeDNS,DynDNS,No-IP and other services and they are not free. i want to learn how to create it manually.

Thanks.

[JorgeM]

If you do not want to use paid DNS or cannot find a free service, the other free option is to tell your friend to modify his/her HOSTS file on their computer.

You can create an entry like...

192.168.0.1 www.yourName.local

Replace that IP with your public IP.

Alternatively, register a .info domain name or similar one that only costs a few dollars per year. Most of thee registrars also provide DNS services included in the domain registration.

[CimmerianX]

no-ip.org is a dynamic dns provider offering free service. I use it with success. You just have to type in a code every month when they send you a reminder email.

[freebotter]

:/
ok but really, isn't there any other way?
thanks for your replies.

[freebotter]

i mean, if you just have any knowledge, what does the companies do?
(educational purpose)

[JorgeM]

what does the companies do?

The most appropriate way to handle this, the way companies and enterprises implement this, is by having a publicly accessing domain name hosted in a DNS zone with the appropriate records.

You asked for a free solution though.

[freebotter]

thanks alot BRO!

[fajardojohnpaul]

Step1: Check for the package installed or not

rpm -qa | grep httpd

Step2 : Install the package

yum install httpd

Step3 : For hostbased web access we require DNS server entries of our host.

Example host in this post is : server1.example.com(Actual server name) and
hostbase.example.com(our virtual host name)

So we have to give A record for the server1.example.com and CNAME record for hostbase.example.com which points to server1.example.com

Step3 : Create the root web directory and a test index.html for this testing.

I want to create my web directory in /hostnamebase

mkdir /hostnamebase

Now create index.html and try to write something in to that file then save the file.

vi /hostnamebase/index.html

save and exit the file.

Step4 : Now edit the httpd.config file

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Step4(a) : Please specify the NameVirtualHost

NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.1

http://www.linuxnix.com/2010/12/how-to-access-the-web-server-through-a-hostname.html