setting up a webserver

setting up a home web server

[drewst]

Hi guys,

I was just wondering how many people have actually set up their own web server in their room :) and how they went about setting it up!

Any tips or advice would be much appreicated, i just dont know where to start.

I have a spare pc kicking around :) so may as well use it and learn

Thanks
Drew

[trader]

Also would love to find out how, with easy and concise step by step instructions, with all steps covered, even the basic ones. I have been asking this same question for ages but never get sufficient details to do it myself.

This thread will help but seems to have some easy to comprehend extra instructions and details missing and also makes it all sound too complex to follow (when it likely is not nearly so complicated):

[webmasterworld.com...]

There have been other threads like this too both here and at other forums. I am willing to pay someone who can show me how to do this upon successful completion.

I could even have a server delivered by UPS to whoever can do this and send back to me as a turnkey all ready to go and set up, with the final steps needed as far as connecting to my home based business high speed cable connection, etc.

[drewst]

set up apache, php, mysql and perl on my spare machine in about 20 mins, im guessing now i just need a fixed ip address sorted how do i go about doing that.

Im also guessing that web hosts simply subnet their ip address and assign domains to the sub nets which in turn are directed to directories on the server?

HELP im really not sure how to do any othe that

Thanks
Drew

[mack]

[webmasterworld.com...] :)

Mack.

[jenkers]

Hi Drewst,
you don't necessarily need a static ip address. If you use a service like DYNDNS you can still use the dynamic ip address assigned by your ISP.

So long as you can keep DYNDNS updated with your dynamic ip then your always online.

[drewst]

cool thanks mate,

i have a small network set up at home so im having trouble actually getting my main apache httpdoc folder appearing as my website for my ip

if i do ipconfig -all i get my ip details but how i structure the address to view my site from a different machine, ive just tried my assigned IP and nothing happens

SORRY THAT SOUNDS REALLY STUPID :)

Drew

[jenkers]

hi again,
if you're just using Apache then you should be able to get your pages on your internal network either by
[yourinternalnetworkipaddress...] or by
[machinename...]

However, if you are talking about reaching your webserved pages:

if you have a router then the quickest way to set it all up is to turn off DHCP and assign static IP addresses to all your pieces of kit then use port forwarding (more than likely this is available on your router) and allow all requests on port 80 to the ip address of your webserver.

When http requests hit your external ip on the router it forwards them to the ip address you have specified for your server.
Apache will be sitting listening on port 80 on that server and respond to the http requests.

Note - this is the quickest way - not the most secure way.