Domain Name Server Raspberry Pi. A DNS server translates human-friendly domain names into IP addresses that computers can use. Point the domain name to the public IP of the Raspberry Pi with DynDNS.
Ive set up the Pi as a webserver and I have a domain registered with GoDaddy. Similarly if you do home automation you can access your Domoticz box from a browser by entering the URL. Raspbian assigns a domain name to the Raspberry.
To change the Raspberry Pi name you need to edit the etchostname file and change the value inside.
To change the Raspberry Pi name you need to edit the etchostname file and change the value inside. By default any Raspberry Pi that uses Raspbian the official OS has raspberrypi as its hostname. Using a Domain Name with a Raspberry Pi Web Server The Raspberry Pis low power consumption makes it well suited to the role of always-on web server. Now that we have the interfaces file open we need to add the following line to the bottom of the file.