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Posted on 02-18-11 05:55:46 AM Link | Quote
I was thinking of turning one of my older computers in to a web server and I was just wondering if anybody has built one before that would be willing help me out.

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Posted on 02-18-11 07:59:03 AM Link | Quote
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Setting up apache in linux is generally pretty easy on most distributions. What do you want to host? Most ISPs will actually block port 80, so you'll need an alternate port. You should also use a dyndns if you want a domain name of some sort for free, but they're also cheap. A lot of routers even have a built in client for that.

Anyway, we'll need to know more about what you plan to do with it for more specific information.

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Posted on 02-18-11 02:34:56 PM Link | Quote
I have heard of people using a Web server to stream and/copy media from different computer on there network and well there away from home or a basic web server to host a web site.

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Posted on 02-18-11 03:16:54 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by PYRATROOPER
I have heard of people using a Web server to stream and/copy media from different computer on there network and well there away from home or a basic web server to host a web site.

Those are 2 different things. If you want a home server to stream media, this can be done through Windows itself.

If you want to set up a web server to host a website, thats a different ballgame. For one, you need to think about bandwidth. Most ISPs only provide limited up speeds. If you plan to have more than 10 people visiting this web page, you're better off going with a real domain hosting service. If you want a web server to play around with, you can always set up IIS through Windows as well, or go with an Apache web server.

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Posted on 02-20-11 08:17:34 AM Link | Quote
The Debian installer includes automated setup of most of what you need to turn a computer into a simple HTTP server.

I have a server, its jobs are hosting my non-existent website and making the printer available through the network. Neither were exactly easy to configure, but that's partly because my ISP blocks port 80 and partly because my printer is not very Linux-friendly.

I have no idea how I got it set up.

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Posted on 02-20-11 10:48:04 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Joe
The Debian installer includes automated setup of most of what you need to turn a computer into a simple HTTP server.



That's good to know.
I was also wondering when I create this server if I can just put it on the home networks and use it to test a website I am working on.

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Posted on 02-20-11 11:02:45 PM Link | Quote
Yes, you can do that. If you don't set up port forwarding in your router, your server will only be accessible from your home network.

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Posted on 02-20-11 11:24:51 PM Link | Quote
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Yes, you can do that. If you don't set up port forwarding in your router, your server will only be accessible from your home network.


So where do I start.

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Posted on 02-20-11 11:34:43 PM Link | Quote
Start by choosing the software to run on your server. My server runs Apache on Debian, but you can choose any HTTP server software and operating system (provided that the two are compatible).

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