DNS Server question

Question

can someone share what is the steps to setup a DNS server so i dont have to look around for the peer IP address to connect to? Not sure if that right way to do things.

Instead of 

multichaind chain1@50.51.10.99:8333 -daemon

I do wish to connect by

multichaind chain1@my.dns.server.to.find.peer:8333 -daemon

 

thank you

Answer 1

This isn't specifically a MultiChain question, but the answer depends on what you're looking to do:

• Use a fixed domain name -> IP mapping on each computer - see the hosts file (on Linux)
• Run your own internal domain name server – this is pretty involved but if you Google around you'll find the answer
• Use a regular Internet-enabled domain name – just buy a domain from any provider like NameCheap, GoDaddy, 1&1, etc... then configure it to point to your IP