By Avaya on

I have a domain I purchased though GoDaddy.com (http://domainBBB.com). I configured my home server to run drupal on port 81. How do I get my domain http://domainBBB.com to point to my home server on port 81?

I already have a different GoDaddy domain (http://domainAAA.com) pointing to the default port 80 and it works. I'm able to load http://domainAAA.com and it loads my pages from my home server.

I have checked my router's port forwarding and it works (meaning http://xx.xx.xxx.xxx:81 loads up the proper Apache VirtualHost directory).

I just don't know where in GoDaddy's panel that I configure it to point to a different port.

Any help is appreciated.

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coreyp_1’s picture

coreyp_1 commented

Just a shot in the dark, but are you able to add the port to the end of the IP in Godaddy?

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Avaya commented
  1. Login to GoDaddy
  2. go to Domains
  3. click on "Advanced Details" for the domain to modify
  4. Click "forward" > "Forward Domain"
  5. click "edit"
  6. Enter your IP with the port- e.g. http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:81
  7. click "Advanced Options"
  8. select "Forward with Masking"
  9. ok out
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david25 commented

What happens if your home IP address changes. ( can it? )
Does your ISP guarantee that your IP will remain static .. ?

How good is the speed for external users who visit your website .. is bandwidth an issue when hosting from home?

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Avaya commented

Yes your home IP can change. From what I understand about my ISP, it rarely changes. At which point, I'll update that information in GoDaddy.com.

Speed? Wow! Let me put it this way: GoDaddy (SlowDaddy) sucked for hosting Drupal and Wordpress (maybe others had different experiences). At home I'm using an older Dell I picked out of the rubbish and installed linux on it; the machine only has 512mb ram and 80gb hard drive, out performs both GoDaddy and iPower (iPowerWeb) in speed for both Drupal and Wordpress.

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david25 commented

May be self-hosting is the next mantra. One can get a very powerful machine these days for a fairly decent price.

Do you have DSL / Cable / Fios at home ?

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Avaya commented

Cable

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david25 commented

Thanks .. I will try this myself sometime.