Apache Web Server, Please Help, There Is A Cookie In It For Ya!!!

mac550

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Ok i want to start a small (almost business like) website that i will use for users to gain knowlage and to hopefully give me a bit of an income. Now i dont want to use a company to host my website and since my server is switch on and connected to the internet 24/7 so i thought id host the site from it and if successful then transfer the site to a proper webserver.

i have downloaded Apache 2.2.13 from the foundations site and installed it, but after that im lost. i cant figure out how to get it to do what i need it to do. now i thought if your hosting a website from your own webserver then you should be able to crate a domain, transfer html files into the apaches htdocs folder, set the config file, setup port forwarding on the router and it should work but i aint getting nothing. i did try typing in my ip into firefox (eg.xx.xxx.xxx.xx:80) but that didnt even work. i do need to find out if my ISP is blocking port 80 but if i use a different port it still dont work. can someone please help me figure it out and/or give me a link to a step-by-step guide on how to set everything up.

thanks alot

 
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Ok i want to start a small (almost business like) website that i will use for users to gain knowlage and to hopefully give me a bit of an income. Now i dont want to use a company to host my website and since my server is switch on and connected to the internet 24/7 so i thought id host the site from it and if successful then transfer the site to a proper webserver.

i have downloaded Apache 2.2.13 from the foundations site and installed it, but after that im lost. i cant figure out how to get it to do what i need it to do. now i thought if your hosting a website from your own webserver then you should be able to crate a domain, transfer html files into the apaches htdocs folder, set the config file, setup port forwarding on the router and it should work but i aint getting nothing. i did try typing in my ip into firefox (eg.xx.xxx.xxx.xx:80) but that didnt even work. i do need to find out if my ISP is blocking port 80 but if i use a different port it still dont work. can someone please help me figure it out and/or give me a link to a step-by-step guide on how to set everything up.

thanks alot


Are you using ubuntu as your OS? You still need a domain provider such as godaddy, or use your ip address with dyndns, I use apache with ubuntu and it's great, I would share my address but it's more for family and friends and I don't want to make it more vulnerable lol.

go to http://canyouseeme.org/ to see if your port 80 is being blocked. What kind of router do you have?

If your using ubuntu I can probably give you a lot of help as I have a bit of experience with it.
 
Are you using ubuntu as your OS? You still need a domain provider such as godaddy, or use your ip address with dyndns, I use apache with ubuntu and it's great, I would share my address but it's more for family and friends and I don't want to make it more vulnerable lol.

go to http://canyouseeme.org/ to see if your port 80 is being blocked. What kind of router do you have?

If your using ubuntu I can probably give you a lot of help as I have a bit of experience with it.

No im using windows server 2003 r2, i tried using ubuntu but for some reason it kept looking up when i left it to do its own thing (which aint helpful since it a server), i aint tried 9.04 yet

That site you link me to is saying
"Connection refused" so im guessing my ISP is blocking it. i am using a belkin wireless G+ MIMO router (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=203415)

Ok i now have a domain setup, so should my next step be getting my ISP to unblock port 80?
 
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No im using windows server 2003 r2, i tried using ubuntu but for some reason it kept looking up when i left it to do its own thing (which aint helpful since it a server), i aint tried 9.04 yet

That site you link me to is saying
"Connection refused" so im guessing my ISP is blocking it. i am using a belkin wireless G+ MIMO router (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=203415)

Ok i now have a domain setup, so should my next step be getting my ISP to unblock port 80?
lol yeah get your isp to unblock port 80... Anyways I'm pretty sure they won't unblock it if it is blocked. BUT try connecting to the internet straight from the modem, without the router and see what happens. Probably (hopefully) port 80 just isn't being forwarded through your router.
 
lol yeah get your isp to unblock port 80... Anyways I'm pretty sure they won't unblock it if it is blocked. BUT try connecting to the internet straight from the modem, without the router and see what happens. Probably (hopefully) port 80 just isn't being forwarded through your router.

ok ill get my dad to phone them when he gets back since the broadband is in his name.

here is some pics of my router of the settings i made to forward port 80 to my server.
dhcplist.jpg

protforwarding.jpg


do you know if this is set right?
 
First off, ditch the Windows server, as I doubt you are paying the $1,000 stand alone license price.

You can set up your website to hit port 8080 if incoming port 80 is blocked, or upgrade your service, as if you host locally your bandwidth is going to suck on the upstream.

I just pay for hosting to be honest, you can get full blown hosts for as cheap as $7 a month.
 
First off, ditch the Windows server, as I doubt you are paying the $1,000 stand alone license price.

You can set up your website to hit port 8080 if incoming port 80 is blocked, or upgrade your service, as if you host locally your bandwidth is going to suck on the upstream.

I just pay for hosting to be honest, you can get full blown hosts for as cheap as $7 a month.

tried port 8080 and its still not working.

i did say that i will send it to a full blow server if the site is successful. the reason i want to host the site from my server is to find out what its hardware and the network will cope with and also so i can learn about web host, i alway say, if you dont experiment with things you wont learn what, why and how, all be it with computers, mechanical stuff and bombs :P
 
as if you host locally your bandwidth is going to suck on the upstream.
This is also very true like if one person is accessing it, it will probably be slow. Worse for more people.

It appears your routing is set up correctly, did you try what I said? Just bypass the router to your computer then run canyouseeme.org that'll let you know for sure if your ISP is blocking, so much easier than calling, probably a lot faster too.
 
No one uses Microsoft servers to host web content. They are too expensive, not as secure, and there is really no need for them. In the real world they use some sort of *nix to host websites and web based technologies.

So, I would start by ditching the Windows Server, especially if you did not spend $1,000 to buy it. Get a copy of Linux, and start learning that stuff.

Then I recommend you look at getting a host since they have the high speed connections and have the money to drop on higher end servers.
 
No one uses Microsoft servers to host web content. They are too expensive, not as secure, and there is really no need for them. In the real world they use some sort of *nix to host websites and web based technologies.

So, I would start by ditching the Windows Server, especially if you did not spend $1,000 to buy it. Get a copy of Linux, and start learning that stuff.

Then I recommend you look at getting a host since they have the high speed connections and have the money to drop on higher end servers.
This is pretty much cutting to the chase, but he's right. I agree with everything he mentioned.
 
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