# Question about home servers and domain names

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-home-servers-and-domain-names/198555>\
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**Created:** [August 26, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-home-servers-and-domain-names/198555 "2006-08-26T02:11:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-home-servers-and-domain-names/198555/1 "2006-08-26T02:11:33Z")

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So, I’ve had a home apache server with php, mysql, ftp, etc set up for a while now and I’ve been wondering about nameservers. I used Xampp to set up the server. Is there a way to set up nameservers with Xampp so i can use a domain name i have registered with my home testing server? If not Xampp, I’ve heard that’s what BIND is for. Is that true? If not that then how would i do it? Im gonna need something under a GNU lisence(its only for a testing server and dont want to throw money away).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all… 🙂