Personal Web Server Knowledge Base
How much does does it cost to run my own personal web server? I am a Linux expert and I believe I know how to set up an Apache server. I have an old desktop computer that I can install Linux + Apache on and run full-time. My question is, though, does it cost anything to do this? Would I have to pay my ISP a monthly fee or something?
Question about Personal web server WAMP5? Alright, i have sucessfully made a personal web space using wamp5. I have created a small web page as well. The page works on all computers on my network but does not work on the world wide web. I have set my router for port forwarding to port 80 and allowing "wamp" to be forwarded. Still, nothing. Any suggestions?
How to setup a personal web server at work? Hi Trying to set up a personal web server to dish up some pages/servlets to help people at work. Trying to sneak this under the noses of the IT guys. It will only be for the intranet but hopefully available to people across multiple locations. I am thinking of Apache Tomcat. How do other people see my web page? I can't use DNS can I? I don't think my IP is always the same is it? Is there any way that I can set it up? g It is all Windows. I am trying to set it up on my PC and not the server. Will the IT guys really notice? These are the orders from my Director: Don't let IT find out or it will take years to complete. So, if the IP always remains the same, then I can just provide that to all my co-workers? Also, Colanth, what is considered "my intranet"? Other locations? We have 4 locations that I want to access my web page. Thanks!
is it possible to use oauth for twitter for an application running on personal web server? I have made an application using twitter api through which, users can update their twitter status. It uses twitter basic auth. I am still using it on personal web server. Now after 31st Aug, I think basic auth is no longer supported by Twitter? My question is, is it possible to use/test OAuth for applications running on personal web server. If possible, It will be very helpful if someone could answer in terms of the fields that are required to be filled when registering an application on Twitter e.g. call back url.
How to move a Web Address to a home server? Awhile ago I registered a domain and hooked it up on weebly. over the past few months I learned basic HTML and setup a web server. I want to have it on my personal web server so does anyone know how to change the IP address
Personal Web Server needed? I am looking to start a website that I completely control. And to do so, I assume that I need a web server. Where can i obtain a web server (price should be about $650-$1,000) from a trusted company (i.e., Dell)? I need the server to have just about everything: PHP, MySQL, FTP, IMAP (or POP3) capability. If you could give me some ideas on a great solution for my needs, that would be amazing. Thanks in advance!
Domain name with personal web server.? I have purchased a real web server, that is running Linux Ubuntu. I was wondering how to set up a domain name since it is on my server.. Thanks Yes. It's Physical and setting in my office tech room. I also need to know how to set it up. I Don't want to purchase the domain online. Because i have a real physical server
I am not able to insert the data in database of my personal web server but retrieve the data from database ? i have developed a web in asp.net thru which i am able to retrieve the date from database but not able to insert or update in it...it shows "Server Error in '/' Application." Runtime Error Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine. Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off". <!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web> </configuration> Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL. <!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> </system.web> </configuration> PLZ help me out but it is running properly on local machine.....
Best personal web server host? I'm looking for a host for my one domain name. I'd like a dedicated IP, but not 100% necessary. Under 6$/month would be nice. Any suggestions?
What is a personal home web server? I have been thinking about setting up a home web server for a while. However, I do not know any information about this. I know I can access my home files and etc on other places. I also believe that it requires an always on internet connection, but, what does that mean? Should I leave my computer on all the time or does it mean keep my router/modem on and the internet flowing? Also, is a personal home web server free? In addition, I have XAMPP control panel downloaded, will these two conflict with each other?
how can i send a email of a copied personal non server web page through email with all the jpg/gif pics shown? how can i send a email of a copied personal non server web page through email with all the jpg/gif pics shown? ok thanks for quick respoonses. we are on a dedicated server without admin rights and want to send an email with a web page in the message space of the email. Although the web page is not on the internet with a server its just made by design saved on personal file. is it possible to see the web page in the email message with the pictures showing with the text when you copy the page and try to paste in the email message spot again stated..? thanks, jairus
Setting up a personal server? I will be going off to college next year, and i have a netbook, and plan to get a desktop. what i would like to do, is to set up a personal web server that's secure. i would like it to enable me to store large and lots of files on it from any internet connection, but still be secure and unreachable by others. is there any software that would enable me to do this on a desktop with a 1tb hard drive from wd plugged in? can i have any links to any relevant articles, or instructions?
Setting up webserver to host personal web pages using DSL from verizon? Verizon does not appear to allow to do it unless you become a business account (more $$) . Has anyone set up a web server (apache) and have it accesible via http from outside? Any workarounds? they say it is possible only with static ip address. which you can get if you pay them large amt. The dynamic address of the router is not accessible or even pingable from outside with a consumer account.
Does anyone host personal web servers and use dynamic IP with providers such as ntl? I often have problems with my setup. My main problem is serving http (my ftp seems to work fine). I had no problems when I was using a program called Simple Server. Now that program doesn't work either. I also use a program called Dynsite to redirect my dynamic ip to a DNS name. I use this url to access Remote desktop and even works fine when the firewall is setup for it. I am now trying to run the open source XAMPP server package and again no problem with FTP but no joy with HTTP :( The files say they are being served but they are only accessable using my LAN. When my friends try to access the pages over the internet then nothing happens Is it ntl (my isp) doing something to block the external internet? Or is it configuration of the apache web sever? Or is it some other crazy thing (i'm pretty sure its not my firewall) that i have not considered? My Setup/Software: PC - Windows XP Pro - XAMAMP Server - Dynsite - Netguard (ntl) - Zone Alarm (free edition)
Web Server and Domain? i want to be able to connect my personal web server to a domain i bought through Go Daddy. How do i go about doing this? Currently im using a basic web server with a GUI; not apache. Thanks alot, i needed it. =] EZ
Why am I unable to access my web server remotely? I am in process of deploying a web server based on WordPress on a local machine running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). So far, I've installed a web daemon, lighttpd. Before proceeding on to installing WordPress, however, I want to insure my daemon is "part of the cloud" ; that is, IP's other than mine are able to access it. This will be a personal web server, so it will run on my residential broadband connection from AT&T; I hope this is not a problem. I will also use Dyn-DNS to access the server remotely before buying a domain and forwarding it to the DynDNS address. I can confirm lighttpd has been successfully installed because I'm able to load the placeholder page when I enter my server's local address. I can even load the placeholder when I point my browser to the DynDNS address. However, I have been unable to access it through a proxy (to see if everyone else can load it), nor have my friends been able to load it when I ask them. My network layout is a broadband modem connected to a Linksys WRT54G set to "Gateway Mode," forwarding requests to port 80 to my server's local address. My server is connected to the router through an Ethernet cable and has currently its firewall disabled (to troubleshoot this, of course). If it matters, I've tried to set up SSH tunnels and VNC sessions in similar fashions (port forward, DynDNS, access remotely) without any success. I would greatly appreciate any help, tips, or clues, or corrections in my procedure. Thanks in advance everyone! Thanks for replying Xander. I already have the router forwarding port 80 to my server's local IP address. I didn't have 443 so I added that one as well. I retried accessing it with a proxy but still no luck. You can try it if you'd like: http://j4nus.ath.cx/index.lighttpd.html http://j4nus.ath.cx/ There's one thing that bothers me: I have my Linksys configured to automatically present an address to DynDNS. The one it is giving, though, is its IP address from the modem's perspective. Is that okay? Shouldn't it be presenting the modem's IP?
Changing Web Hosting.. To Personal DNS Server? Hi, I have a domain name www.avgoc.com and couple of subdomains forum.avgoc.com and funstuff.avgoc.com. The domain is hosted on some other network. For specific reasons I wanted to have contorl of the server and have set up my own DNS server with the content. The server is working fine. Now I would like to transfer/redirect the traffic to my server. I have features like Domain Forwarding and Managed DNS where I can set up all the parameters except changing the name servers. I am little confused regarding the name server issue. I have set up the new name server on my personal DNS server as ns.avgoc.com. How do I update the name servers and divert the traffic to use my personal DNS server. For Further information I have taken the screen shots of the configuration and can be accessed via these links: 1. The Managed DNS screen shot http://www.avgoc.com/manageDNS-1.jpg http://www.avgoc.com/manageDNS-2.jpg http://www.avgoc.com/manageDNS-3.jpg
Independent web hosting server software program? I'm am seeking out a web hosting software program that you don't have to pay the software company for monthly charges. I want to buy the program for personal web hosting use only. Does anybody know where I can find such a program? Looking for a windows xp compatibility program that I can install and address my ip addresses for each segment of my business. (Building a server and needing web hosting software)
How much would it cost to develop a Personal Web Page ? I would like somebody to develop a Personal Web Page for me. The page would have only one page of text and 10 colour photos. I would also like to to find a Server who will host my web page for free. like Yahoo geo-cities. I think that an amateur Webpage Developer would be able to do the job. How much this would cost and where to find a person who can do it? Melbourne, Australia
Is downloading "my" music, off "my" server illegal? I want to setup a small webpage on my server to acces all my music (and dvd's possibly) Is this legal? Is it legal to download "my" content off "my" personal web server? The page will be password protected so that I can only access it. Thanks!
How do I set up a private proxy server on my web server (VPS)? I have a VPS Server which I use for web hosting, I would like to setup a proxy server for my own personal use. It does not need to strip out my original IP address or allow SSL although it would be a plus. However, it MUST be private so that only I can use it. What are the best software and how would I go in setting this up?
Why can't I set up a web server? I've been trying to set up a web server on my computer using the following guide from lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server-124212.php I've been able to follow it until the last step where you try it with your IP address but it only comes up with my routers (linksys) settings. I've tried assigning a domaion name to my computer using this guide also from lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/software/web-publishing/geek-to-live--how-to-assign-a-domain-name-to-your-home-web-server-124804.php but the settings still come up. Any suggestions? By the way I've tried 192.169.1.1 and my private one; 81.11*.**.*** and even followed with :80 and :8080 (as someone suggested to me before) but these haven't worked either. Don't know whether it will make a difference but I'm using vista. I assigned a domain name to the computer so it would treat the IP adress as static rather than dynamic
Having a bit of trouble accessing my newly set up apache web server...? OK now i have been following the instructings from the following link about how to set up a server. http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server-124212.php Everything has gone smooth up until i got to the bottom of the tutorial. It says that if your server if behind a wireless router (and it is) then you gotta forward port 80. Now im pretty sure i did that right. But now i dont know what i have to type into the address bar to access my server. I tried the http://localhost/ address earlier in the setup and that worked fine and i could see my files. But now, what address do i give to someone to access the server from another computer? Is it just my ip address: http://96.238.XX.XXX Or is it something like: http://96.238.XX.XXX:80 Im pretty confused about this part cause this ip doesnt point to the actual computer, just my home network. The computer is something like 192.168.*.* Is the port forwarding supposed to take care of directing the incomming requests to the correct computer? Any help is greatly appreciated, but remember that i dont really know what the hell im doin so please no super complicated answers, thanks.
How to run internet information server ? how to create virtual directory ? i installed a new software to work with asp tables, and i have never before run any asp project on my pc. i have no idea how to start this, take a look at what the support team says : ------------------------------------------------------------- To test generated pages locally you need to run Internet Information Server (Windows NT, 2000, XP) or Personal Web Server (Windows 98). Open Internet Services Manager and create virtual directory ------------------------------------------------------------- Perfect now the next step - How Do i create virtual directory ?? where exactly ?? i use windows xp pro anyidea ? please help
Why am I getting a runtime error on my ASP.NET application -only- on the web server? I've created an ASP.NET application that I'm trying to publish to a web server, and while it works beautifully locally, it gives a generic runtime error when I upload it to my webhosting service's server. I've tried it on both GoDaddy servers and IXWebHosting servers, and I get the same result. I'm fairly new to .NET, so I think I'm missing something very basic. I know that I have to set up a folder in IIS as an ASP.NET application when I publish something like this to my own personal server... do I have to do something similar to get it to work on a shared hosting server? The site in question: http://www.jakkel.com/dbdr/test/
how do i turn my computer into a web server? i need to know how to turn my computer into a web server, and how do i keep it safe, do i still need to pay domain fee's, can i still use it for personal use? i need the run down on everything
Enable Windows XP Professional As Web Server? I want to create web server on My personal computer equipped with Windows XP Professional. 1) Please help me setp by step for "IIS" 2) Also help me for creation of one domain on my computer 3) Share on Internet
Server hard.w specs for a small file sharing web-site? I'm planning to set up a personal server at home, and would like it to run a small file sharing web-site for a closed community of approximately 200~300 members. I've only worked with rented web-hosting before, so I'm pretty clueless of what kind of hardware specs the machine would require. I'll be sticking to Linux as the main operating system.
Creating a proxy server for surfing the web!? suppose that i've bought about 100MB host! ... can anyone lead/guide me to use it as my personal proxy server for surfing the web ? I mean how can I open a port on my server, to use it as a proxy?
Can someone please recommend an http server that shows downloads and allows for kicking users etc? Hello, I am running Windows XP SP2 and need to find a good web-server for my personal computer. I have used omnisecure and abyss in the past and like both, but both are lacking one feature I want. I want to be able to pull up a list of all current transfers, see what people are downloading, how fast the transfers are going, perhaps time remaining, etc, and ideally be able to terminate connections. Can anyone suggest a good software for me? Freeware would be great of course but not required. Thanks much!
How to test Frontpage Website on your computer? I tried Personal Web Server 4 and it gave me the virtual server http://chetan/ on my computer but when I try to publish my website from Frontpage on the virtual server it says the domain does not have frontpage extensions installed. I also installed Frontpage server extensions 2000 but it didnt work? Please help me to test my frontpage XP made website offline. Page Extension : html I can't preview them directly because some frontpage components such registration form, survey, etc are used which require frontpage extensions.
How to set up my home web server? All I want is just a simple tutorial on how to make one... Can anyone point or teach me how to do it? I just want to create a page for my personal etc. Just a page....and I want it in run in my computer. PLs PLs PLS
How do you trace a outgoing Yahoo e-mail? I want to know the IP address of the person opening up the e-mail.? I want to know if there is a way to find out the IP address of a person opening up an e-mail sent out by a yahoo account, and then recieved by another yahoo account. So far I have tried embedding an image into the e-mail that is hosted on my personal web server, so when they open the e-mail I find out the IP. But the problem with that is that Yahoo automatically dumps an e-mail with an embedded image into the bulk folder. Any one have any other ideas?
Apache vs IIS Web Server? Hello all. I do my own web hosting for a few personal websites I run. I'm upgrading my server and am thinking about switching to Linux and running Apache (I currently run Windows 2003, but have an upgrade to Windows Server 2008 through Dreamspark). Since both Linux and Windows server 2008 are free to me, there is no benefit to Linux other than it will be a little more secure and less vulnerable (yes it is legit because Microsoft gives free software to students through Dreamspark). The only thing is that Apache doesn't have a GUI and I'd like to use a GUI interface. Also, I'd like to host numerous websites with the one server (IIS does this without a problem, not sure about Linux though). Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!! They are personal, non-commercial websites.
Building a home FTP / NAS / Web server. Opinions? One of my major concerns for this project is power consumption. This server will not be handling media, games, or non-static web content. It's primary functions will be network storage and FTP access for 2 users. I have 2003 Server to run on it and I may use IIS to serve us each a personal static webpage at a later date. I have been slowly collecting the hardware for this project and I have just got the last piece. I am now ready to build and have some choices to make. I have 3 processors to choose from, a P4 1.8G, a Celeron 2.0G, and a Celeron 2.53G. Which one of these do you think would be the best choice for this simple server (remember power and heat is very important here, and I have to work with the hardware I have)? The case I'm using has a 200W power supply and will use the onboard video and lan that is included. There will be a CDRW/Floppy combo and 2 IDE HDs. There will be no peripherals hooked to this. I am inclined to go with the 2.53 but would appreciate any opinions. The hardware and OS is already bought. I have Server 2003 Standard R2 and I have installed someone elses copy successfully on a PIII 500 single processor box with 512M of ram. It runs perfectly and is currently being used as a DNS server by a small local webhost. It also serves as a timeclock server, print server, and offsite backup manager. It is old hardware and it works fine. I want to run it on my new hardware that is 4x as fast. Just for further clarification, I am going to run a FIC Condor SFF box which has a built in socket 478 MB and 200W PS. I have 2 512M sticks of DDR and already have have the drives. The video and NIC are built in. My question is about the processor choice only. I have a P4 1.8, a Celeron 2.0 and a Celeron 2.53 all of which are used and work fine. I just want an opinion of which is the best ballance between power consumption and heat production for the workload that the machine will see. Which of the 3 processors do you suggest? I have also found out that the 1.8 uses 50W of power, the 2.0 uses 53W of power and the 2.53 uses 73W of power. Given that the 1.8 and 2.0 are about the same I would take the 1.8. Would the extra 20W of power consumption and the heat it would create be worthe the small speed increase?
Just trying to set up a server using Apache HTTP Server 2.2.? Im trying to follow this "HowTo" http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/geek-to-live--how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server-124212.php And i got to step #2 so i can acses my music but i cant figur out step #3 i get lost trying to set up the pasword. If anyone knows anythig that might help me figur this out that would be graet. Just doing for the fun of it miht try to figur out how to host a web page on it wusing MS Word. But fist i must figur this out so its protected.
Are there any good sites for url redirection or dynamic dns? i have just finnished setting up my personal web server and was wondering if anyone knew of any websites or anyway in which i could get a domain name which would then redirect to my ip address. I would prefer if i could create a url like www.LinuxGeek24.org instead of www.LinuxGeek24.somewebsite.org thank you for your help :P
How can I let people download files from my computer? I found this site http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server-124212.php and tried it out but when I got to the part about typing in http://localhost/ it didn't work. Are there any alternate methods of allowing people to download files from my computer?
How to use PHP , without a web server and how to relate it to *.php files? I develop PHP applications on my personal computer. For certain reasons , I can't (and won't) install a web server. Currently , I use a crude method of testing my scripts. I have a Batch file that invokes PHP on a script. But I want to relate php.exe with *.php files , such that whenever I open *.php files in my browser, (ie6 : no comments, please , my pc has no internet connection) it is automatically executed. Sort of like a php setup with a server...
Machine for headless Ubuntu web server? Hello! My main computer is a windows machine but I'd like to buy a headless machine that I can install Ubuntu on and run as a dedicated web server. I want to be able to connect to it via SSH over a wireless network. Performance isn't of huge importance. It'll just be for several personal websites and nothing commercial. Any suggestions of cheap hardware to use for this project would be much appreciated! Thanks, Scott Sorry, I don't understand what I'm supposed to find at: http://dell.mydriversdownload.com/ Any suggestions? I'm thinking of a small desktop which I can leave tidied away in a corner connected via a wireless network. Any hardware suggestions?
Can a firewall on server block email from only one customer? We dont have any problem getting anyone elses? This customer has had an IT person come in. We both use Cinergy Comm as an IP provider. Cinergy says our "firewall" is blocking the email. We don't use any sort of spam filter at all. We use Symantec Client security for our network. Using the same machine, the guy can email from his personal web account and it goes through fine. He says the emails sent from his company email appear to go out normally and he never gets an undeliverable message to indicate its rejected. I can't find any evidence that the emails ever got to our server. I think this is Cinergy's problem and don't want to pay an IT guy $75 an hour for 1 person who can't email us when its Cinergy all along.
Good web server? I have to do a website for a school assignment, using no money. I'm already advanced in HTML, but what server should I use? Freewebs- has the stupid floating FREEWEBS: GET A FREE SITE =) sticker. That is out of the question, now. Bravenet: Everywhere, EVERYWHERE all over my site I see links to Bravenet. ARGHH I tried some others, but they ask personal info like my phone number & address. Dang. Any suggestions?
free or cheap easy-to-use database for personal web site? Obviously, there are a lot of considerations that go into choosing a database, but thought I might get some tips from you guys. I'm building a fun data-centric web site. I need a database to store large chunks of text (say 1-5 paragraphs) that people will enter and read online. The catch is that I'm just one person with little to no money to spend and I don't really need an 'enterprise' solution. Not that I expect my web site to be popular, but I guess you never know, so scalability might be a plus as well. And I don't want to be hacked either, so I think security is a concern but not a huge one. I considered sql server express 2005 ... but I'm not sure about the licensing and putting it on the web? thanks for any input!
Need a lawyer in Dallas Ft Worth to prosecute my previous employer? I have proof that he logged into my personal gmail and yahoo account along with my personal web server because I have his IP all over my access logs and also he told people at work that he did so. I want to sue him for illegal access to my personal files (NOT RESIDING ON WORK COMPUTERS BUT ON MY OWN COMPUTER). Please please help me find a lawyer that can help me prosecute him. Its the same way if I had accessed work computers from my home and tried to change stuff. THANKYOU
How do I install the SSL certificate that will connect to the LDAP server and hand-shake with that SSL? Let me explain what I want to accomplish. I have an ASP.Net app that will authenticate users against the LDAP and also be able to administrate users (add/edit/delete) trough that application. Now I understand that in order to SetPassword or ChangePasswrod against the LDAP you need a SSL connection or to change the dSHeuristics property in order to accept clearText transactions. The system admin installed the SSL certificate the root one and he gave it to me to install on my web server machine as well, I did that, installed under Personal Certificates and Trusted Root Certification Authorities. Before I installed the certificate on the web server I would get the error that the certificate hand-shake couldn't be established and by installing the cert this error was gone. Need to mention that this was tested using JXplorer java app. I still can't connect SSL using ldp.exe application. Is there a problem how I've set up the certificates? Can some one help on that?
how can i open port 80? frontpage personal web server is not able to use port 80. there are already be another web server running
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