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Originally Posted by iKyle I have a domain and a web host from HostGator. That domain was bought and is running by that website. I am wondering if I can set up that website on my VPS with the same domain, or even if it is possible at all. I wish to send the HostGator files for the website onto my VPS.

Hi, no. That is not possible. You can only host your website on HostGator (especially if you bought your domain there). If you want to host your website on your VPS you need to install some kind of web server like Apache or Litespeed along with PHP, Perl and MySQL if you wish to use MySQL (which you probably would if you want to run a forum).

*note that's a very simplified explanation of what you would need to do to make your domain be compatible with your VPS

In short, you're better off using HostGator until you gain more applicable experience with dealing with things such. Also, I don't think your VPS would be able to handle alot of traffic especially with all of the stuff you would need running in the background, that 1GB ram would be gone almost instantly.