Web Hosting and remote access

[cornishdeity]

Hello there everyone ......

I'm loooking for some help as my head hurts and I don't know where to turn next.

I have a brand new installation of Suse 10 on an old pc of mine. I have installed apache, php and mysql on it. Basically I want to build web applications and to access these remotely. I would also like to access the box remotely to create the applications from work (so something like telnet or ssh). I have taight myself all the PHP/mysql scripting stuff myself, but know VERY little about web hosting and server/network stuff.

What I am looking for is either a simple set of instructions in how to set up my web pages so I can get to them via

www.someaccount.com/index.htm
or
192.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.htm

instead of localhost/index.htm

that I currently use

or

a book that I can buy that will help me do this on my own. I don't mind giving it a go, and normally I would jsut buy a book and go for it. But there doesn't seem to be one that can help.

Apparently I have a dynamic IP address from my ISP, but will be speaking to them tonight to try and stop this. That last sentence doens't really mena much to me, but that is what my wife told me to put.

Any pointers as what I should do next will be grately received

Thanks

[larrydag]

Here's a quick tutorial on what you'll need. I host my own site called Linuxblogger: Linux blog by larrydag.

1. Dynamic IP - you will need a client to tell a ip forwarding host to figure out what ip address to use for your domain name. The client I use is ddclient. The ip forwarding service I use is Dyndns.

2. Setup a webserver - Install apache on your host computer. I recommend using apache as a webserver. You will need to configure the httpd.conf file to allow your host computer to serve webpages via the domain name or ip address you choose.

3. Install PHP - numerous tutorials on this. google it.

4. Install mySQL - numerous tutorials on this also. google as well.

5. I recommend installing phpMyAdmin on your host computer. It lets you remotely manage your mysql server via a web browser. Very cool.

[cornishdeity]

Hi Larry,

Thanks for that full reply. It always makes me feel full of the joys of life when a stranger helps you on a bulliten board. So not only are you helping my technical issues, but also making me happier as a human being

Anyhow, back to the techie stuff. It won't be until next weekend will I get a chance to look at it now, and hopefully it will be straight forwrd from there, but if it isn't I might post back.

Thanks again

Ollie

[larrydag]

Unfortunately nothing is straight forward. It will take a lot of trial and error. Be patient. It took me a while to figure the ins and outs. Make sure you understand file permissions. When you serve up a html/php pages it requires certain file permissions for the apache server to serve up the page. That one stumped me for a while. You can look at the apache forums or google for help on that one. The "chmod" command will be your friend there.