how to make your pc a webserver?

[vnkr]

how to make your pc a webserver?

[fo3nix]

first you run an OS that is dependable. XP home edition will not cut it; XP pro will do for (very) small sites. Otherwise, go for a unix variant or win2003server, solaris or something.

then, install server software, such as apache. then add modules and add-ons you need, such as PhP support if you so wish.

to make a proper one though, you need to get into DNS issues and things like that.

[stevie21]

I've put a few websites together and feel comfortable with antivirus and firewall settings etc. but wouldn't dream of making my home PC a webserver.

If at all possible, I'd avoid it and just get some (often free) webspace.

If you want to host websites, I'd use webspace, as mentioned. If you want people to download individual files/folders from your home PC, use an ftp client.

What exactly is it you want to do here?

[OBonio]

For a simple site, you could use Apache Tomcat. Not sure what plugins this supports (like PHP etc) but it seems popular as a mini-web server.

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/

Or there's fully blown Apache. Bit of a kiddy really but takes a fair bit of configuring :

http://httpd.apache.org/

Both Apache web servers can run on Windows or *nix variants.

There is also the ASP.NET web server Cassini.

http://www.asp.net/Projects/Cassini/Download/Default.asp x?tabindex=0&tabid=1

As far as I know this only works on Windows. Might work on *nix if it has Mono installed.

[quickthinker]

Windows comes with something called IIS ( Internet Information Services ) its an ASP Web Server, Quite a good one actually.

It is not supported and cannot be installed on XP Home, Though it is on XP Pro and 2000 ( and of course the Server Familly )

Using IIS it is very easy to interact with say SQL Server for data presentation, You can also run server side and client side scripts ( VB Java ). You can also create server side objects on the fly. Also using Macromedia and other 3rd party objects

It is very powerfull, Say I personally would recommend you use it if you have a legit Windows.

Otherwise install Red Hat/Suse and Apache is this is very good.

I have a very fast Intranet Web service (IIS) running on a laptop with Windows 2000 Pro Workstation, And its more than fast enough !