Guide.Net charges $100 to set up a new domain. Setting up a new domain consists of the following steps. Either you or Guide.Net can perform the first step, which is to register the domain name. The remaining steps are performed by Guide.Net.

1.   R E G I S T E R   N A M E

First the domain name must be registered with InterNIC. This step can be performed by either you or Guide.Net (at no extra charge). Name registration can be accomplished using one of the Internet Domain Name service companies, such as Network Solutions or Register.Com.

When registering the name, enter the name server information as follows:

Name	IP Address
NS1.MANOA.COM	209.213.33.240
NS2.MANOA.COM	63.174.47.34
NS3.MANOA.COM	64.65.106.89

2.   A C C O U N T   A S S I G N M E N T

Next, a system administrator at Guide.Net assigns three IP addresses to the domain name on each of the three servers. Then a new user account for the domain is set up on three Guide.Net servers. All users are assigned to the user group.

These accounts are for FTPing website files. Users can connect using which ever link provides the best performance.

3.   D I R E C T O R Y   S E T U P

Next, the web server directories are set up on the network file server so they are visible from all three server user's accounts, and owned by the user. Separate cgi-bin and mod Perl directories can be setup optionally.

4.   W E B   S E R V E R   S E T U P

Then the configuration files for the three web servers must be modified to include the new virtual domain. The configuration specifies whether a separate or the default cgi-bin and mod Perl directories will be used.

Restarting the web servers completes the HTTPD reconfiguration.

5.   N A M E   S E R V E R   S E T U P

Then, the domain names and their associated IP addresses are entered into Guide.Net's ns1.manoa.com, ns2.manoa.com and ns3.manoa.com name servers. Restarting the name servers completes the name server reconfiguration.