How to Build your Own Server
The process of hosting your own website needs excellent management for program networks. If you aren’t worried about program settings and are sure that you can handle the maintenance load of hosting server management, you have several software options for building the hosting server that can best suit your needs.
The guidelines in this article are targeted at the two most widely used applications for this purpose, Internet Details Server and Apache. You can also examine Google Web Server, Web Sphere and Tux to determine if they better fit your needs.
Instructions
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Install the Microsoft Operating system on the pc that will act as the web hosting server for you. Configure the hosting server with the basic program configurations.
Go to the Control Board and select "Network Settings." Right-click on the appropriate program relationship and choose the "Properties" option.
Double-click on whatever edition of Online Method or Internet Protocol (IP) you are using. Now find the General tab and select "Use the following IP address" right underneath it.
Next provide the permanent IP address you will be using to host the server. -
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Install the Online Server web hosting details about the pc. From the Start selection men, choose "Server Administrator".
Choose" Add Roles" and select "Web Server." Make sure that you are using an approved copy of Microsoft Windows 2008 and the appropriate installation files to perform this task. -
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Complete set up of Apache and IIS web servers. Make sure the web hosting server is designed with the right IP.
Web serves configured with only one internet Protocol address do not face such problems but those who are multi homing will need to provide the right IP address to configure the server. -
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Look through either Apache or IIS and make sure that authorizations are set up appropriately; confirming that customers who are looking to access the site have the right level of accessibility as well.
For IIS, open the IIS Administrator and select "edit permissions".
For Apache, make sure the authorizations are correct where the web information is stored. -
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For details about how to specify write, read and perform authorizations on a Linux program hosting server running Apache, go to the control line and type: man chmod.
