How do I start my own private web sever?

[plutoniumman]

Hello.
Do you know how to start your own private web host for home use only?
I did a google search for it and I got mostly spam, I saw a thread once in here before, and I searched for it and didnt find any thing.

[oracleguy]

Could you clarify some more? What exactly do you mean by "home use only"? Like so you can test/develop your websites locally on your machine/Intranet?

[whackaxe]

starting your own full time production enviroment server is very easy, but not recomended. the resaons being tht your site will probably very slow because i dobut you have a super super fast connection. and your computer has to be constantly checked for security homes and such. I.E alot of work. hosting is pretty cheap now days as well

[plutoniumman]

is 100.Mbps fast enough?
and it has 5 firewalls.
and just want my computers at home to use it, thats what I mean by "home use only".

[plutoniumman]

I want my sony comp to be the sever.
I dont care if I have to format the HD

[plutoniumman]

oh yeah, both of the routers have fire walls, and my sony comp has 2 fire walls and my HP comp realy has 2 fire walls, so my sony is really behinde 6 fire walls :D .

[Roy Sinclair]

Let's get this thread of of the "Why" questions phase and into the "What" questions ;)

What OS are you planning to run on that machine?

Do you want that server to provide server side scripting? If so what kind(s) of server side scripting do you want to be able to use with it?

[plutoniumman]

wich ever OS is the best, and I want it to support PHP and Java.

[mindlessLemming]

Hav you checked out phpdev by firepages (http://firepages.com.au/) ?
I've got it set up on my development server at home, with Apache(PHP) and IIS(ASP, ColdFusionMX) running happily side-by-side. :D

(p.s. Looks like George heard all the whinging 'bout the new smiles :thumbsup: )

[Roy Sinclair]

If all you've ever used is Windows you can stay with that and get your system set up to do what you want but this may be a good time to learn some Linux if you're game. Since you didn't mention ASP, .NET or any other MS technology as a learning goal you don't have to limit yourself that way.

[plutoniumman]

I want to try to stay with some kind of MS OS, but if I really have to I will change to a non MS OS.

[DesignersToolz]

There is NO reason as to why you should have to use a non Microsoft operating system. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. :thumbsup:

[l3vi]

I use Microsoft XP and Run Abyss Web Server (www.aprelium.com)... and it works good...

[Roy Sinclair]

If you want to stay with MS OSes that's no problem either. Apache is available for the users of Windows.

[plutoniumman]

thank you very much :D
I just started messing with it and maybe I will figer it out tomorrow, but do you know how to let other comps accses (I dont know how to spell T/ word :( ) the sever?

[Roy Sinclair]

Open a command prompt on a system other than your new web server and type "ping <name of web server>". If the ping command can find your new web server you're all set and as long as your web server is running (and properly set up to listen to port 80) you should be able to start your browser and enter "http://<name of web server>/" and get a reply.

If the ping command doesn't find your web server you've got to edit your "hosts" file on each system to solve that problem. First try the ping command though.

[plutoniumman]

how can I have 88 hits when the computers on the same network cant even open the sever? :confused:

here are the Server Statistics:
Server Uptime: 0 Days 09 Hours 44 Minutes 21 Seconds
Hits: 88
Error Hits: 1
HTML Hits: 65
Image Hits: 20
Not Modified Hits: 62
Output (Kb): 78

only opend my site a few times.

[DesignersToolz]

accses (I dont know how to spell T/ word )


Access :cool:

[plutoniumman]

thanx ;)

[plutoniumman]

I;m going to try Apache and see if that works ant better.

[plutoniumman]

Apache is all Spanish!

[plutoniumman]

is there an easy way I can just start my own forums easy and free?

[DesignersToolz]

is there an easy way I can just start my own forums easy and free?

http://www.phpbb.com/


or you can wait on mine currently about to be in beta release :cool: ( dont bother waiting on it :thumbsup: )

[plutoniumman]

hey, I downloaded the same forum!
do you know what file to open to make it work?

[DesignersToolz]

do you know what file to open to make it work?


No, Sorry. I made my own so I've never used phpBB :confused:

[DesignersToolz]

Oh yeah - They have their own support forums. Run over there right quick and ask them.

[plutoniumman]

or you can wait on mine currently about to be in beta release ( dont bother waiting on it )

do you have any idea when it will be ready?

[Nightfire]

How you got spanish I'll never know.

You'll also need php if you're going to download a server, but by the replies of your threads I'd say you'd have problems setting all this up. Go to www.firepages.com.au and download phpdev. That'll set up apache, php, mysql etc all in one go.

To set up phpbb, read the readme.txt file, that's what it's there for, to read.

[mindlessLemming]

Go to www.firepages.com.au and download phpdev. That'll set up apache, php, mysql etc all in one go.


Word :cool:
Firepages' little package is so easy, even I managed to set it up :D