computer hosting
Hey everyone. dont know really where to put this so mods if you know of a better place move it on over
I was wondering. How could i set up my home computer to put all my webfiles onto? i use bluehost as of now but maybe i could just use my home computer to host my domain. how would i go abotu this? So if i have www.somedomain.com and have all the content on c:\somedomain in a folder on my computer that when someone goes to somedomain.com it shows them the webpage that i created. am i rambling yet. anyway i would love to do this as it would be way easier to manage. thanks everyone.
# 1 Re: computer hosting
You need a domain name, a webserver on your home comupter, and good internet connectivity.
For the domain name, register (and pay) at http://www.internic.net/
For the webserver, look at Apache which is free and widespread
For the connectivity, make certain that your ISP will allow you to host a server, since that's usually a large increase in bandwidtha nd some ISPs will not allow it. In addition, make certain that you have a good upload speed; normal ADSL service has only around 384 kbits/sec upload and will not be nearly good enough to host a server. Finally, you want to have a static IP address, as opposed to dynamic, since a fixed IP address is needed at http://www.internic.net/
It's a ton of work, and a steep learning curve (e.g., Apache configuration). Stick to bluehost.
Mike
# 3 Re: computer hosting
1. In order to make your own web server, you need to have your own static IP from your ISP. This can be very expensive.
2. Then you must have a web server...Apache for Unix/Linux, or IIS for Microsoft. There are softwares that will install a web server, a database, and server-side languages support for you so that the process is simple.
XAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)
EasyPHP (http://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en)
3. Security then becomes a big issue. Basically, until you fully understand this, stick with other hosting.
