New to VPS; How to Set Up IPs/Nameservers/Etc From Niche Site Perspective?

[kanehood]

I just made the jump from a Reseller/Shared account to managed VPS at WiredTree, and I'm a little overwhelmed with the options I'm faced with.

I've read through every FAQ at Wired Tree, and the cPanel.net guide, and webhostingtalk's threads, and many WF searches, and I feel like I've exhausted most of the available resources I know of, so I thought it was time to just start a thread.

I'd appreciate some help, and I'll donate $20 to the charity of choice for whoever can help me get going.

Here's what I'm working with:

Purpose: Multiple niche-content wordpress sites (running combinations of auction2post, WFReview, Amazon content, etc.)

Based on the size of my other cPanel installs, I'm looking to install about 12-15 sites on the new VPS server (a VPS-768 at Wired Tree - 60GB storage/768MB ram).

1) I'm not quite certain if I can even get Class-C IPs on Wired Tree, so I may have been a little trigger happy on choosing them, but if anyone has experience with them on this matter, I'd love to know how it went.

2) I guess what I really need help with is knowing how to set this up. Do I need to create a bunch of reseller accounts with their own custom nameservers, or can I give each cPanel install it's own nameserver?

I'm attaching a picture of approx. what I think I should be doing regarding IPs and Nameservers. I even included Star Wars-themed domains to entice your inner-nerd to take pity and help me out:

Thanks in advance for all your help, I'll post a screenshot of the donation when this is all said and done and do my best to give out as much rep as I am able to...

 

[subigo]

You don't need to set up multiple nameservers. Just create some private nameservers with your main hostname (and IP) and then you can use those for all of your domains.

So if host.starwars.com is your hostname, register ns1.starwars.com and ns2.starwars.com as private nameservers with your registrar. Then every domain you add from that point on to the VPS will use those nameservers, it doesn't matter if they have a different dedicated IP or not. It's as simple as adding a new domain in WHM, assigning it to a dedicated IP, and then adding ns1/2.starwars.com as its nameserver with your registrar.

As for multiple Class C IPs, go ask them. It's easy for some companies to supply you with them and it's a pain in the ass for others.

 

[kanehood]

Thanks Subigo, for what it's worth I checked out zensix a couple times over the last month to see if you guys had any open slots, but in all honesty I need a fully managed account. I have enough trouble keeping wordpress installs secure, I don't want to have to maintain the server, too. I really just wanted a huge glorified reseller account with more power...

The reason I want C-Classes and different nameservers is that I'm going for a setup like the one DumDum referenced today in the "WTF is SEO Hosting" Thread:

IPs from different C Classes +
Separate rDNS for each C Class IP +
Different WHOIS info for each domain +
Mix of registrars for domain registration +
Domains registered at different points of time +
Separate nameservers for each domain =
THE SHITZZZ!!!

If I'm going to have a large network of sites that have similar wordpress themes going on, I'd like to segregate them as much as possible to limit my risk...

 

[subigo]

Thanks Subigo, for what it's worth I checked out zensix a couple times over the last month to see if you guys had any open slots, but in all honesty I need a fully managed account. I have enough trouble keeping wordpress installs secure, I don't want to have to maintain the server, too. I really just wanted a huge glorified reseller account with more power...

The reason I want C-Classes and different nameservers is that I'm going for a setup like the one DumDum referenced today in the "WTF is SEO Hosting" Thread:

If I'm going to have a large network of sites that have similar wordpress themes going on, I'd like to segregate them as much as possible to limit my risk...

Well I was just recommending using one set of nameservers because it makes life easier, but if you really want to have separate nameservers for each domain, it's as simple as adding A records for ns1/ns2 for the domain and registering them as nameservers with your registrar... which is different from adding nameservers to a domain:

NameCheap.com - Demo: Creating your own nameservers (Interactive Demos) - Knowledgebase

In short, you don't have to do anything on the vps other than add A records:

ns1 A yourdomain.com
ns2 A yourdomain.com

 

[kanehood]

OK, that was really helpful, thank you.

So to clarify, my process looks like this:

1) Assign Nameserver IPs in WHM
2) Set up custom nameservers at my registrar using IP addresses from step 1, then point the domain at those nameservers
3) Go back to WHM > Account Functions > Create a New Account, and use registrar-specified nameservers once they've processed.
4) Set up reverse DNS on my server to show the correct nameserver.
5) Request new block of IPs from server company, repeat steps 1-4 for each domain that will be on its own nameserver.
6) Sign into cPanel and proceed as normal for each account?

Am I forgetting anything that I should be doing? I kind of pieced together your answer with a number of other references and came up with the above checklist.