Setting up of web server

[ahs3ng]

Hi guys

How do i set my web server LIVE online? Meaning i want to let others view my html pages.

Thanks in advance, sorry for asking such a newbie question

[matonb]

Hi ahs3ng,

"Others" will need to be able to locate your machine so you'll need to have a DNS entry for it or give out the IP address if it's fixed.

If by "others" you mean people on the internet you may want to consider http://www.no-ip.com/ to allow your computer to be found.

If you haven't got apache installed you'll need that, installation depends on your distribution.

And you'll need to allow connections on port 80

[i92guboj]

Hi guys

How do i set my web server LIVE online? Meaning i want to let others view my html pages.

Thanks in advance, sorry for asking such a newbie question

If you already have the server up and running (and you can view the html pages locally), then all you need it:

1.-to allow traffic on port 80
2.-to get a name for your box (otherwise, as said above, you'll need to provide the ip to whomever wants to see your web).

To get a dns name you can pay for it, of you can get one for free at dyndns.org. Even if you have a dynamic ip, you can still get an account at dyndns, and use something like dhclient (look in your distro's packages, it must be there) and use that to sync your dns name when your ip changes.

EDIT: you can also host your web into some free hosting service. There are some sites that allow free hosting, the problem is that they usually fill your site with banners in exchange.

[ahs3ng]

cool.. for the moment, im just testing the web server.. so doesnt need a dns name yet.. so i'll just allow the port 80 traffic... thanks for the helps