how do you det up a server

iggyman

i have an old computer that has reasonable specs for its age..is there a way i can make it a server..if so how do i do this?

masteroftherealm

what kind of server and whats the pc's specs and windows or linux then we shall help

iggyman

one for the internet..windows me..40 gigs 128 ram, 1.2 amd cpu

masteroftherealm

iggyman wrote:

one for the internet..windows me..40 gigs 128 ram, 1.2 amd cpu

\a web site server? If so your ging to need linux on the machine and lot of reading up before ya do it.

mobileplaza

i use abyss servor.

http://www.aprelium.com/

djmarkus

you can use xp pro's IIS, but linux with apache is good too, hard to configure tho.

deckie27

Can u get windows 2000?

Dec

smeggle

Simplest way to start learning how to set up a server is to use 'Apache' which runs on windows. Get rid of windowsme as you'll only have rakes of problems and switch up to xp. Increase the ram size for starters on that machine to at least 512mb's or your just wasting your time.

That will give you a basic idea at what is involved. I'd also say not to use the 'package Apache servers' as I had no end of bother with them.

Anyway you'll also want PHP 4.0 (or above), MySQL and phpMyAdmin (Or similar - phpMyAdmin is the simplest I've found and I suspect the most widely used MySQL management tool).

edit:
Some Linkys
http://httpd.apache.org/
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
http://www.php.net/downloads.php
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/

I've put the links in the order you also install each part. Apache2, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin.

The main files you will need to edit are your hpptd and php.ini. I have samples of these and also some extra extensions you may need for your server to reconise the php stuff.Can be a little bit awkward at first but it's one of the easiest server solutions I know of for private use and most of it's open source.

Install that lot and have fun

iggyman

alri thanks for all the replys..but ill think ill leave it..

djmarkus

LOL, all that effort and you pull out.

iggyman

yeah i tought it would have been alot easier..

aidan_walsh

iggyman wrote:

yeah i tought it would have been alot easier..

God help you here so.

smeggle

iggyman wrote:

yeah i tought it would have been alot easier..

microsoft said that when they 'Ripped Off' windows 95 - There still trying to think it would be a lot easier lmao

Capt'n Midnight

djmarkus wrote:

you can use xp pro's IIS, but linux with apache is good too, hard to configure tho.

You can use Apache on windows too.
IIS - it isn't secure - lots more patches for IE recently

There are any number of bootable linux distros with web server built in - so configuring no worse than the pain of keeping IIS secure.

Oh and you can't move to windows XP unless you have a license for it - and it just ain't worth it for an old machine. Maybe a windows 98 machine instead,

If you are putting a windows machine on the internet then you need a ton of protection on it and in front of it.

If you want someting quick and nasty where substance is more important than style then look at www.wikiserver.org
it looks like this - http://www.wikiserver.org:25852/

djmarkus

I recommend mepis(www.mepis.org), one of the easiest to use linux distro's out there, bootable too, perfect for the job.