Hi, my isp (optimum online boost) allows me to host my web/ftp/mail server and gives me 30mbit download and 5mbit upload. I think that 5mbit upload will be enough to host the sties i have. I have a dynamic ip but the isp provides me with a program that changes the ip on the DNS. i am totally clueless on hosting a server and i want soem basic advise on where to start. i have Vista Home premium on my desktop and my dad said he will get me a copy of windows 2003 from his company for me to use on a computer i have laying around so i can use it as a server. how do i setup my server, DNS, what control panel can i use (for free)?
ok, i have installed xampp, added a basic index.php file and it opens in localhost. also i went to godaddy and i pointed one of my domains "A" to my ip. but it does not open the localhost stie
ok, after alot of research, i have made my site point to my computer, but now i want to point more sites. that is easy but how do i get them to go to different folders and not all point to the main localhost folder?
i have to pay an additional 10$ a month for 5 static ips and reverse dns. i have configured my server up to the point where i have to add new domain names and i dont know how to work with virtualhost thing i think ill buy the static ips
If you have a router, you will need to configure port forwarding to NAT the external IP address to your servers private IP address. As for the web server, you can either use IIS, which comes with Windows 2003, or Apache which you can download from apache.org. In either case, you can setup multiple URLs on one server. In apache, you open the httpd.conf file and setup Virtual Hosts for each website. In IIS, You just right click and add a new website, and define the URL in the host headers. Either way will require some time and Googling, but both methods are pretty straight forward.