Apache server: configure your own server

[chitwa]

So I checked out Apache on linux version 7.3 and was pleasantly surprised that server software was so available! After a little twicking here and there, I found that I could host my website from home! (If i had the internet link that is)

SO what do we do?

Step 1
Check that you have linux installed (Didn't know where to get apache windows versions).
Look for the following software: named (It is part of bind), apache. You can easily check by running rpm -q <Program> eg rpm -q bind.
Please ensure that you install named and apache configuration programs. Doing it manually is seriously tiresome work! I usue apacheconf and bindconf.

Hey, sorry to break you off at this point. My cyber credit is finished. I'll be back with the rest. And sorry all for the silence. Was out roaming our beautiful country.

[n4tec]

(Didn't know where to get apache windows versions).

about for windows you can download apache http server and then install php, SQL , perl manual.. If you have no time you can download XAMPP.. Links are below..

http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourc...-installer.exe

http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourc...n32-1.4.14.zip

apart from that you need ask your ISP, a firewall, necessary ports open, a router and more..

[chitwa]

Hey thnk fr the links. I will do more research on this. Then I will update this

[Richard]

the XAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html) is a good package to get started it will set up every thing you need (except BIND) but if you want to you can also setup every thing seperatly

• BIND -- http://www.isc.org/sw/dl/?pkg=bind/c...ows%20Binaries
• Apache -- http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi (MSI Installer)
• MySQL -- http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html
• PHP -- http://www.php.net/get/php-4.4.0-Win.../from/a/mirror
• hMailServer -- http://www.hmailserver.com/?page=download
• phpMyAdmin -- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php

[toiletdude]

what's apache server????????

[tehpwner]

Go to www.uniformserver.com and you can get a pre-installed Apache package that is simple to run. It has:

-Apache
-PHP 5.x
-PHPMyAdmin
-MySQL 4.x
-Python
-Perl
-CGI

And it has some other plugins that you can get from their website.