Replying to Apache Query: Requirements To Run Own Web-Server?

I am more interested in knowing the type of internet connection that would be required to run my own server. I can imagine the type of environment and computers required for this purpose but I don't know much about the internet connection. The normal internet connection that I use for my Personal Computer is a 1mb DSL connection. It is called a 1mb DSL connection (I don't know why) but it is connection at 100mbps and the download speed is 100kbps. The upload speed it about 15kbps.
My guess is that this type of connection would be a bit too slow for a hosting a website that gets about 5000 pageviews a day. So to host such a website, what type of connection would be required.??

my apache will not start from the XAMMP control panel just my mysql, ftp and mercury is working.

Probably something is using the "80" port on your PC, try configuring another port for Apache.

try to start with some free packadges for starting your own webserver. XAMPP is a very good one, and pretty simple to configure, works with WinXP. I have it on my maschine, just for testing purposes.
You can download it for free, just google for term "xampp".
Installation process is simple, just follow the onscreen instructions, if you get in trouble, feel free to ask here on forums, someone will jump-in to help...
Anyway, when you finish with installation, if you followed the rules and instructions, you will have XAMPP installed on your computer in folder:
c:\Program Files\XAMPP\

Now browse in folder inside XAMPP called
htdocs

Now that's the place you put your website stuff, index.html and others

my apache will not start from the XAMMP control panel just my mysql, ftp and mercury is working.

Well use centos 5.5 stable ver os, if yu need portable use the lampp or any other webserver you mind.
But use a storng control panel like kloxo and lxadmin.
other free cp are available but its too simple and i uses this lots of effect and updating somuch .
lots of plug ins and you can create reseller and customer.
Well with hardware use what ever you want but just use the good harddisk so it runs well .
if you are using your old computer as server(as i also do sometime for experiment only) please add some ram to it.
Well just add an extra battery or 2 for running your server.
Well you can share if you have fast internet for small price.
And with this you can at least host your own website for free .
Well i did it already and my website is running but the main problem is i have changable ip so i have to update the ip every time i reboot my computer.
Well if you need help done hesitate to ask help from me.
Happy to help.

I would NOT recommend hosting your site from a hostel. It would be unfair on everyone else who uses the internet there as hosting your own website will take up a lot of your bandwidth depending on the amount of visitors you have and how 'heavy' the website content is.

Now yes you can host your own website off your computer and it is quite a popular option, however you will need to open the ports on your computer and your router and to do this you will need full adminsitrative access to your router.

So download and install the latest version of the apache http server and when prompted allow the program access through the firewall. If you aren't prompted then you can manually open the port by opening your computers firewall application and inputting a new exception, name it HTTP and set the port to 80. This will allow access from the internet to your computer through the http port only so people will only be able to access your server and nothing else.

Now that you have your web server up and running you can upload your website files to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache 2.x\htdocs (for Winblows users) or something similar. You can also edit your web servers configuration by opening the file C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache 2.x\conf\httpd.conf.

The next thing you will need to do is forward all external connections from your router to your pc. Now every router has its own version of port forwarding and you can look up the method for your particular router at PortForward and if they don't have your router in their database then use google to search it up. You are wanting to forward port 80 to your LAN ip (which is different to your internet ip). So use your router again to find out what your computers local ip is (if you are the only computer on the router then it will usually be either 192.168.0.2 or 192.168.1.2) and forward port 80 to it.

Now your website can be accessed by people on over the internet. If you want to test it out then visit WhatIsMyIP, copy your ip address off the page and paste it in to your browser. If the setup was succesful you should see your website. Now other users will have to type in this ip address as well if they want to view your website so now we need to setup a domain name.

Visit a website like DynDNS and sign up for a domain. Now you can pick what ever you want so www.mysite.com and you will need to enter your websites current ip which you found out from WhatIsMyIP and then anyone who types in http://www.mysite.com will be forwarded to your router, which in turn forwards them to your server. If your ISP has given you a dynamic IP then when ever you disconnect then reconnect your router from the phone line or turn it off and on again then your ip will be different. So visit the ip website again, write down your new ip address, go back to DynDNS and change the forward ip to your new one.

It's also worth noting that when your PC or router is turned off then your website will not be available to the internet and will return an page not found message when people visit http://www.mysite.com. Hope this helps anyone who needs it.

hey friends I have installed apache web server on my desktop pc (vista platform) now I want to use this pc as a server and want to use my laptop(Xp platform) as a client and access the website uploaded in my pc server, but I am not able to access it, I have just started learning networking , so can any one Please help me...?????????

-reply by pankaj

 

Could you use the ps3 to run apache I have linux on mine.

-reply by freeboy32

Hey guys i wana to ask that if i wana to host multiple domain name and using free DNS service, all the domain that i have configured to mine ip but how i configured to them to each directory to whom i want as

www.killers-hell.com is mine domain i wana to when some one try to open www.killers-hell.com it will open to c:/my serverfiles/www/killers
but it didnt it open the www directory so wat i will do i even configured Vhost file but it didnt work

You can basically run a website off of ANY kind of computer. My laptop runs Apache for internal use, my Linux box is used for internal & external use as well. I (used to) have a 333 MHz, 128 MB RAM, computer running Red Hat Linux 9 as an internal server.

Basically, you just have to worry about how much traffic you're going to get.

An old computer, 333 MHz is great for a website that gets little traffic or INTERNAL network use only. However, a 2 GHz P4 will work great for Internet serving.

After the hardware issue, you have to worry about LINE SPEED. A simple ADSL (what generally ALL DSL users have) has a great downlink but a SLOW uplink. This is why Data Centers have OC fiber lines. Fiber lines are sync speed meaning the downlink is the same as the uplink (haha... must be great to work in a data center ) so there's plenty of bandwidth. My DSL uplink is 40 KBps, so my website downloads for everyone else at that same speed too, regardless of what their connection is.

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I wouldn't recommend actually trying to serve a website from your computer. I mean, it's great for testing your PHP skills, and lots of other things - I have about 6 Drupal installations on my computer, most of them broken from messing aruond. Apart from that I have lots of phpBB/Wordpress installations. I always mess around with Apache + PHP + MySQL (LAMP), but it's really not for the whole world wide web. You'll also at certain points find the noise that your computer makes during the night quite unbearable, or at least I did.

BTW (off-topic), m^e, my brother's wife is the executive producer of Radio Bu Israel. (I noticed last.fm shows you listened to it...)