Self Hosting a Web site

[gazelle]

In the next few weeks I will begin a total redesign of mycurrent website and at the moment i am consedring a new a host. One option of hosting i was looking into is self hosting the web site. How would i go about doing this? Any idea on the software hardware i will need?

[+StevoFC MVC]

you could use IIS in windows 2000, xp, or windows server 2003

[mikey]

you could use apache like more thanhalf of the world! (and me :D )

http://www.apache.org/

[Callaway]

use linux which is free or BSD which i believe is also free.

The IIS service in NT or Win2k may be the easiest for those used to the windows environment, but it's also the most expensive :(

[gazelle]

lets just imagaine i got windows server 2003 what would i need to do after that? Is it out yet?

[+BudMan MVC]

The running of a web server for your own learning, and or experimenting is highly recommended. Apache would be a great choice, IIS might be somewhat easier to get up and running for someone unfamiliar with web servers. And most likely you have everything you need to get one going - if you have a machine running a MS OS.

But I would suggest until you are confident with the administration and security of running your own webserver. You find a host that provides the services you are looking for, php, mysql, email, perl, .asp, etc.. etc.. at a price you can afford.

There is alot more to running a webserver than just clicking setup. And it todays world security should be priority one - needless to say most likely the running of a web server is against your ISPs AUP anyway.

Again I would suggest you play and tinker with any of the many web servers available - but before you make it available to the public net, have a complete understanding of what is involved in running a secure server.

All the world needs is another unsecured server open to the public ;)

[NeoMayhem]

Goto http://dslwebserver.com they show you howto do this perfectly ;)

You dont need any hardware but a computer and internet connection :p

[gazelle]

  NeoMayhem said:

Goto http://dslwebserver.com they show you howto do this perfectly ;)

You dont need any hardware but a computer and internet connection :p

Thanks alot reading through it at the moment its very good

[ajayl]

you could host with us :p $5/monthly gets you everything you need, link is in sig.

otherwise i would recommend getting apache for winders and mysql, try to find an old system to use as a server, get a router, etc. i did that for a while, its kinda fun heh.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

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[Premgenius]

Apache, PHP & MySQL

[ajayl]

i agree with dj prem, thats all you really need. that and an old box.

[Andrew179]

I found some great step-by-step info on installing apache, mysql, php, and even a phpBB forum here. I used it to setup my own website a few months ago.

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