Webserver : Look at last post

[fubol]

Look at last post , what's under this , I already solved

 

 

 

 

 

Before I start : sorry for my English

 

 

 

So , I was doing a very detailled tutorial in making a webserver (I want to know how it works)

 

But now , I've come to a step where I have to put the directory of where I want to store my future webpages on ..

 

 

 

Well , I was thinking of putting the webpages on my USB key (8 GIG) , Is there a problem? YES!

 

Every removable device I connect to my Computer (PSP in usb mode , USB stick , MP4 , Camera) get's the driveletter "I:/"

 

 

 

So now I just want to know how I can possibly change the driveletters these devices get when I connect them to my computer..

 

Because everytime I don't have my USB stick plugged in , the server will think that my camera/mp4 (wich get the letter "i:/"

 

Is the place Where the webpages are stored in , wich will take my server down ..

 

 

 

Again sorry for my English , but I hope someone will tell me what to do ! :)

[obfuscator]

I have absolutely no idea why you would even want to store your new files on a usb key anyway. Set up a normal directory, if you are editing your files on a different computer just replace them on your server computer when you get back.

[fubol]

I have absolutely no idea why you would even want to store your new files on a usb key anyway. Set up a normal directory, if you are editing your files on a different computer just replace them on your server computer when you get back.

 

 

 

Well the computer I will be using is a computer with 512mb ram (enough for a server I guess) , but the problem is the hard drive...

 

I was able to "upgrade" the computer to 512mb RAM (it was 128 first) , but the hard rive it came with was like 2 GIG

 

 

 

I first am testing on my normal computer (I know that doens't seem logical) , but I just want to for now , until I can get an external hard drive for my server ..

 

 

 

 

 

And with directory you mean just something like c:\server files\ , or making a partition on my hard drive?

 

If you mean the partition thing , please provide me with a guide :P

 

 

 

 

 

Why am I such a noob :x

[obfuscator]

I have absolutely no idea why you would even want to store your new files on a usb key anyway. Set up a normal directory, if you are editing your files on a different computer just replace them on your server computer when you get back.

 

 

 

Well the computer I will be using is a computer with 512mb ram (enough for a server I guess) , but the problem is the hard drive...

 

I was able to "upgrade" the computer to 512mb RAM (it was 128 first) , but the hard rive it came with was like 2 GIG

 

 

 

I first am testing on my normal computer (I know that doens't seem logical) , but I just want to for now , until I can get an external hard drive for my server ..

 

 

 

 

 

And with directory you mean just something like c:\server files\ , or making a partition on my hard drive?

 

If you mean the partition thing , please provide me with a guide :P

 

 

 

 

 

Why am I such a noob :x

 

 

 

You aren't a noob :P

 

 

 

Directory is the location in the drive where you want your web pages to be accessed from.

 

 

 

I understand you are pressed for space, but in general web pages aren't "that" big.

 

 

 

What I would recommend is setting the directory to whatever you want, and then keeping duplicate web pages on your usb, then updating them on your server computer once you have edited them.

[fubol]

Hmm got it running , and it works really smooth ..

 

 

 

My uncle has a webserver running at his home and he earns alot of money with it , because there aren't any good webservers in my region (peaple don't trust online hosting servers here :D )

 

 

 

Now I was thinking of taking about 10 customers and see how it goes ..

 

The only problem is that my ISP blocks all ports under 1024 :x , I could bypass that with running apache on port 8080 instead of 80 but I'm not sure if I can do this with ftp to :?

 

 

 

My server supports PHP and MySQL , it is secured and such , but the only thing I need to set up is a FTP server ..

 

 

 

 

 

PS. finding customers isn't that hard here (because of the lack of servers here) , but how much could I ask per month? (in 's pleas :D )

 

 

 

The only good server in my region is my uncle's , who has 60 custommers

[thrash-boy]

you dont mind giving me the link to this tutorial you followed please?

 

ive got no interest in selling my computer as a server, but it sounds like something i could do for my own entertainment

[obfuscator]

Hmm got it running , and it works really smooth ..

 

 

 

My uncle has a webserver running at his home and he earns alot of money with it , because there aren't any good webservers in my region (peaple don't trust online hosting servers here :D )

 

 

 

Now I was thinking of taking about 10 customers and see how it goes ..

 

The only problem is that my ISP blocks all ports under 1024 :x , I could bypass that with running apache on port 8080 instead of 80 but I'm not sure if I can do this with ftp to :?

 

 

 

My server supports PHP and MySQL , it is secured and such , but the only thing I need to set up is a FTP server ..

 

 

 

 

 

PS. finding customers isn't that hard here (because of the lack of servers here) , but how much could I ask per month? (in 's pleas :D )

 

 

 

The only good server in my region is my uncle's , who has 60 custommers

 

 

 

Provided you get ftp working, I would say $10 sounds reasonable. However, the specs you mentioned for your server weren't very good, you "might" need to upgrade if you want people to be paying you for your server.

[fubol]

you dont mind giving me the link to this tutorial you followed please?

 

ive got no interest in selling my computer as a server, but it sounds like something i could do for my own entertainment

 

 

 

Yes no problem , bbut it is DUTCH , so I hope you are :P

 

 

 

Follow chapter 1-6 form this guide --> http://phoenixinteractive.mine.nu/data/I-BOEK_-_Een_webserver_opzetten_door_S.Ebeltjes_v08.11.29.pdf

 

 

 

And chapter 7-18 from this one : http://content.roydekker.nl/phoenix/download0001/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provided you get ftp working, I would say $10 sounds reasonable. However, the specs you mentioned for your server weren't very good, you "might" need to upgrade if you want people to be paying you for your server.

 

 

 

I just got another gig of ram from my uncle (he had an old computer in his basement , and it works!

 

So now I got 1.5 gigs of ram on the server , anything else I will need ? Perhaps a bigger harddrive? but as you said , webpages aren't a GIG each :mrgreen:

 

 

 

And I was thinking about 10's also , wich is fairly cheap compaired to those [@§é"!d] in my region that ask 20 EUROS!

 

The price of the server doesn't say anything , and they charge you another 5 's for PHP/MySQL support ..

 

 

 

That's what I ment with the lack of good servers ..

[obfuscator]

you dont mind giving me the link to this tutorial you followed please?

 

ive got no interest in selling my computer as a server, but it sounds like something i could do for my own entertainment

 

 

 

Yes no problem , bbut it is DUTCH , so I hope you are :P

 

 

 

Follow chapter 1-6 form this guide --> http://phoenixinteractive.mine.nu/data/I-BOEK_-_Een_webserver_opzetten_door_S.Ebeltjes_v08.11.29.pdf

 

 

 

And chapter 7-18 from this one : http://content.roydekker.nl/phoenix/download0001/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provided you get ftp working, I would say $10 sounds reasonable. However, the specs you mentioned for your server weren't very good, you "might" need to upgrade if you want people to be paying you for your server.

 

 

 

I just got another gig of ram from my uncle (he had an old computer in his basement , and it works!

 

So now I got 1.5 gigs of ram on the server , anything else I will need ? Perhaps a bigger harddrive? but as you said , webpages aren't a GIG each :mrgreen:

 

 

 

And I was thinking about 10's also , wich is fairly cheap compaired to those [@§é"!d] in my region that ask 20 EUROS!

 

The price of the server doesn't say anything , and they charge you another 5 's for PHP/MySQL support ..

 

 

 

That's what I ment with the lack of good servers ..

 

 

 

That seems reasonable enough. I would buy the external hard drive just to have the space. You won't really know until you test it if your specs are good enough. Good luck!

[fubol]

Got the FTP working , I'm going to buy an external harddrive (I saw one : 500gb for 60's )

 

 

 

Thanks for all the help y_guy

[obfuscator]

Got the FTP working , I'm going to buy an external harddrive (I saw one : 500gb for 60's )

 

 

 

Thanks for all the help y_guy

 

No problem :)

[JoeDaStudd]

Without your with a very good ISP, have a static IP and want the hassle; don't bother setting up a web server on your PC for actual use over the internet (local and LAN testing is fine).