Personal web server [Archive]

Morgoth

03-04-2003, 10:59 PM

Good question.

A Personal Webserver, to allow you to view files and information through the web can be either very simple or incredibly large.

Types:
There are many types, IIS is a large one, same with Apache, but there are small ones, and even incredibly tiny ones. Now it really depends on what you are going to use your server for that will help you pick exactly what server is right for you.

The big ones:
Apache is built to run php on install. IIS is built to run ASP on install. Yet both can run PHP and ASP with the proper software. But if you are deciding to run a website from your home or business computer you have to take in more information then just what type of server you wish to use.

Programs with a server:
You might incounter hackers, trojans, viruses, or worms while running a server if you do not have the proper software installed for the server. Such as patches or up to date versions. If you are not running a firewall, it is suggested to get one, same with a virus scanner. Make sure you know how a computer works, and what a server does to work. All this information will help you, but this is only the icing of the cake.

I suggest, when you find a server that you like, you should go to http://GOOGLE.COM and do a search what problems that you might face with it, or ask questions on the server's homepage.

As I said before there are smaller servers out there. If you only wanted to run a small server to produce HTML, then there are many of those, either search of google, or ask in the HTML forum. I have a small exe server that is probibly not the safest thing (un sure) but it runs HTML just fine, as long as it's not very big, cause it might crash. That is one downside to little servers.

If you want to get IIS/PWS or Apache there you can find more information about them either http://GOOGLE.com or:
IIS/PWS = http://microsoft.com/
Apache = http://apache.ORG

Did I help you ok?