By installing a software and by doing small bits of configuration you will be able to start a Server and hosting your own website on it. This guide is for intermediate users who knows what is computer and how to open websites and download stuff. No great experience is required like making a website or blog. You can host anything on your server like photos, video, music files it just needs internet connection and you will be able to use all the stuff from anywhere.
so let’s start .. one golden rule “Follow the Steps”
How to configure a server on a home computer
- Go to xampp
- Download xampp for MAC
- Install xampp with all services when asked
- Open xampp control panel and start the server apache
- Confirm by going http://localhost if its not opening you may have done something wrong.
Configuring your router – static IP users don’t require this step
- Open http://192.168.1.1
- Go to NAT Settings
- Open Virtual Servers Setup and add port and server IP address see image below
- Server IP will be different as per you IP
- Save and reboot your modem/router
Making your Dynamic IP address into Static IP address
- Open DynDns website for converting you dynamic IP into static IP
- Create a account which is free.
- Log in to your account and go to Host Services
- Add a name for your domain like shown in image below and press Use auto detected IP address.
- Add it to cart, its free so don’t worry about cart or any payment.
- Now we to download DynDNS Update Clients for telling DynDns about our IP changing time to time
- Download it and configure it by entering your account details of DynDns website.
- Also add your host name you have made above
- Now you go to you internet browser and open your hostname that you have selected like mine is http://hiralove.homeip.net/
- now open your terminal and write “
sudo nano/private/etc/hosts” for opening host file
- write you Server IP like 192.168.1.6 and with a space in between write your domain name like hiralove.homeip.net
- Keep in mind 192.168.1.6 is your computer ip provided from your router automatically or you have manually settled it up.
- Now go to your htto://hiralove.homeip.net domain name see if its working or not.
- Place anything in application/xampp/htdocs and that will appear on the webpage like in image below.
that’s it .. i have tried to make is as small as possible and i know it require more stuff to be written i will improve this article as i get responses and questions about it… so start asking in comments don’t hesitate.
November 28, 2009 at 8:42 am
Thanks for your useful article. By your article, i get a knowledge about tips for website server from my home. I will applied your tips..Thanks
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November 28, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Jaspal, Thanks for the share!
November 30, 2009 at 10:16 pm
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December 1, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Great Tutorial.. Thanks buddy
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December 6, 2009 at 9:56 am
Today I learn how to make a server. great stuff..
December 8, 2009 at 7:32 am
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March 8, 2010 at 1:45 am
“MAC” is the acronym for “Media Access Control address”, a unique identifier number assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards, which every computer has it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address
On the other hand, “Mac” is related to Apple Inc.
Well, it’s a common misspelling. Hope it helps.
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May 1, 2010 at 2:41 am
Sometimes it is possible that router will be located on 192.168.0.1 not on 192.168.1.1.