Every computer, services, or any other resources that are connected to the internet of the private networks have a naming system, that is known as the Domain Name System or DNS. All the systems connected to the internet communicate with each other using numbers. These numbers are known as IP address. Domain hosting requires a DNS pointing to a web server, in order to work.

But remembering such numbers is difficult and to ease this situation, a domain name is used. Suppose we want to open a website. First, we open a browser and then type the domain name. For example, wikipedia.com.

 

 

There are two types of DNS - Authoritative and Recursive.

 

How does the domain hosting work?

 

Whenever a domain name is entered in the address bar of a web browser, first of all, a request is sent to a global network of servers. The purpose of this request is to form the Domain Name System.

 

 

Every domain has a name server associated with it. This global network of servers looks for the name server associated with the domain. Then, the request is forward to these name servers. These name servers are nothing but computers that are managed by some hosting companies.

The domain hosting company forwards the request to the place where the website is stored. This place is a computer that is known as a web server. This web server is responsible for fetching web pages and information associated with it.

 

 

After the web page and information is fetched, the web server sends it back to the browser. This is how the domain works.

 

Domain and web hosting

 

A domain is the human-readable word of a website that helps in reaching the website via web browsers. Web hosting for domains is an account on a web server or computer, that can server and store website files via the internet.

 

 

To simplify, The name of your house is the domain name, and the place in your house where you place everything such as furniture is like web hosting.

 

Domain registration and web hosting

 

The process of registering a domain name that identifies single or multiple IP addresses with a human-readable word that is easy to remember is known as domain registration.

 

Search for a domain to host

 

Before registering for a domain name, we need to make sure if it is available or not. In the modern web, there are a lot of websites and tools available online that could help us in searching for a domain name. Some of the popular ones are listed below.

 

 

1. GoDaddy

 

2. NameCheap

 

3. Hover

 

4. Google Domains

 

Wordpress and Cpanel

 

The following are the steps of installing WordPress manually using Cpanel. Wordpress is of the most used domain hosting CMS platforms worldwide.

 

1. The first step is to download the latest version of WordPress from wordpress.org.

 

 

2. Extract the files to the desired installation directory.

 

 

3. Then, move the files from the WordPress folder to the root directory.

 

 

4. Next, create a database and a user who can access it using Cpanel

 

 

5. Populate the wp-config.php file with your database information. The wp-config.php is present in the root directory.

 

 

6. Then, we need to replace default unique keys and salts with the keys and salts generated by WordPress API.

 

 

7. Change the names - “wp-config-sample.php” to “wp-config.php”.

 

 

8. At last, run the installation script. Replace "example" with the name of the website we are creating in this URL - https://example.com/wp-admin/install.php. Enter the URL in the browser and hit enter. The installation process will begin.