Tutorial: Setup Your Own Free Self-Hosted Web Server

[SendDerek]

You're welcome!

There isn't a catch that I've come across. The only thing that I've noticed is that they are mostly there for allowing you to host your website to family and friends. It says it right in their FAQ:

We're more work and family friendly.

Also:

you are a 100% free, no strings attached member or our community.

They seem to be really good so far! I've been using them for about 2 weeks now and things are pretty speedy. It's a great service they're offering. Check out the FAQ when you get the chance and get some of your questions/concerns answered:
http://www.justfree.com/faq.jsp

I have noticed a few quirks about them though. One is that they don't have their support email anywhere on their page (it's support@justfree.com BTW). And two is that they whitelist all of the uploadable files (files with extentions .zip, .tar.gz, ect... are blocked for now). Even .swf files are blocked at the moment but they are trying to decide if they should allow them or not. I think they probably have since I talked with them last but I haven't checked. Once you do get in touch with support, they're very fast to respond and help you with your issue. It's great so far! I recommend them to anybody.

[Angry Dog]

seems good - id want to use it for my company though lol

[SendDerek]

Then you'll probably be interested in something a little more reputable.

How large is your company? With a good, strong internet connection and a nice computer you should be able to host your own website if it's a small to medium business (I would imagine anyways).

[Angry Dog]

small to medium covers it.. its just a database list of cars i supply ecu remaps for.

[SendDerek]

How much traffic do you expect to your website? 100, 1000, 100000 per day?

If it's relatively small traffic, I would say go for your own hosting solution. If it's larger, then find a place to host your site for $4 a month. I've seen 'em for $3.95 per month (I don't remember the name though, sorry). Justfree.com gives you 3 mySQL databases for free. You could probably still host your site there and then upgrade in the future if it takes off. Just my $.02.

[Angry Dog]

i'd say 1000 hits a month..

i may end up setting up a shop type site on it too.. i have the option of paying £50 a year to get 2gb of space on a server...

[fedoranewbi3]

yum install php httpd system-config-httpd mod_ssl
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.8-1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package system-config-httpd.noarch 5:1.4.4-1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.2.4-3 set to be updated
---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.8-1.fc8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ===========================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ===========================
Installing:
mod_ssl x86_64 1:2.2.8-1.fc8 updates 86 k
php x86_64 5.2.4-3 fedora 1.3 M
system-config-httpd noarch 5:1.4.4-1.fc8 fedora 623 k
Installing for dependencies:
httpd x86_64 2.2.8-1.fc8 updates 974 k

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===========================
Install 4 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 2.9 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/4): httpd-2.2.8-1.fc8. 100% |=========================| 974 kB 00:03
ftp://ftp.rhd.ru/pub/fedora/linux/re...-3.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] 421 There are too many connected users, please try later.
Trying other mirror.
(2/4): php-5.2.4-3.x86_64 100% |=========================| 1.3 MB 00:09
(3/4): system-config-http 100% |=========================| 623 kB 00:03
(4/4): mod_ssl-2.2.8-1.fc 100% |=========================| 86 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: httpd ######################### [1/4]
Installing: mod_ssl ######################### [2/4]
Installing: system-config-httpd ######################### [3/4]
Installing: php ######################### [4/4]

Installed: mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.8-1.fc8 php.x86_64 0:5.2.4-3 system-config-httpd.noarch 5:1.4.4-1.fc8
Dependency Installed: httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.8-1.fc8
Complete!
[root@localhost derek]# chkconfig httpd on
bash: chkconfig: command not found

Sorry for being such a loser, but whats the problem here?

[Hlingler]

Originally Posted by fedoranewbi3

Sorry for being such a loser, but whats the problem here?

Wow. That's a bit odd. Please post results of command: echo $PATH

V

[fedoranewbi3]

/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/derek/bin

[Hlingler]

Originally Posted by fedoranewbi3

/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/derek/bin

OK, I think I know what's wrong: you did not do a full root login to the terminal. Try:

[root@localhost derek]# su -

That's "su" followed by a space and then a dash ("-"). You should see:

[root@localhost ~]#

Then try the chkconfig... stuff again.

V

[fedoranewbi3]

Originally Posted by Hlingler

OK, I think I know what's wrong: you did not do a full root login to the terminal. Try:

[root@localhost derek]# su -

That's "su" followed by a space and then a dash ("-"). You should see:

[root@localhost ~]#

Then try the chkconfig... stuff again.

V

Thanks a ton. It WORKS.

[Hlingler]

Glad to hear that. For future reference, using "su" alone gets you root-user privileges, but not root-user environment (HOME folder, PATH - as you discovered, etc., etc., etc.). Personally, I find it pointless, so I always use a full root login with "su -".

Regards,
V

[Night Fire]

Ok I have to be missing something, being a noob and all. My problem is when i type in my ip it brings me to the router. i do have port 80 fwd. So my question is what am I missing? If I type in my internal ip 192.168.2.11 I see the page.

Thanks

[demody]

Originally Posted by Night Fire

Ok I have to be missing something, being a noob and all. My problem is when i type in my ip it brings me to the router. i do have port 80 fwd. So my question is what am I missing? If I type in my internal ip 192.168.2.11 I see the page.

Thanks

I have the same problem as Night Fire. 192.168.2.50 gives me the default "Fedora Test Page" as you said would happen in your tutorial, but when I attempt to use the website created with DNS it goes to my Router login page.

[Davedom6766]

This guide worked great along with my friends knowledge I have my site up.
It is east.isgreat.org