web servers

Anon

i have adsl connection and would like to setup a web server
what is the best o/s and way to do it

brandonschnell

imho linux with apache.

it could act as file server, email server, web server, router etc.

joenjeru

I need a good front end X for my apache server. And on the same note I'm having trouble configuring my subdirectories. I would like http://localhost/myweb to point to a directory like /home/web.

I'm running Mandrake 7.0

Thanks in advance

brandonschnell

do you mean something to help you configure apache server? use "pico /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf" =)

linuxconfig has a decent interface for a apache.

try this for a sub directory:
chmod +rx /home/web
ln -s /home/web /home/httpd/html/myweb

you can also configure it in apache, look under the directory tag for the exact syntax. (i haven't tested the below)

alias /myweb/ "/home/web"
<Directory "/home/web">
Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

jblallement

Hi,

You also may use "Comanche"
But 'vi' is real way.

smarlowe

I highly recommend the apache book from O'Reilly. It's thin, to the point, and has all the info you need to learn how to configure apache, and you'll KNOW why apache is operating a certain way because you'll understand it.

If you want simple, try thttpd from www.acme.com It may not have dozens and dozens of configuration options like apache, but it's REAL easy to build, setup and configure, and it truly hauls ass.

badchenn

First, get apache (free) and PHP (free) and any other mods you want and then go get Apach Toolbox::

http://www.apachetoolbox.com/index.php

::it makes llife simple for configuring and installing....

Apache Toolbox provides a means to easily compile Apache with SSL, PHP (v4 or v3), MySQL, ZendOptimizer, mod_auth_nds, mod_dynvhost, WebDAV, mod_fastcgi, mod_gzip, mod_layout, mod_throttle, mod_accessref, mod_auth_sys, mod_bandwidth, mod_auth_ldap, mod_roaming, mod_perl, mod_jserv, OpenLDAP, mod_dtcl, mod_python, mod_frontpage, mod_relocate, mod_allowdev, mod_auth_cookie, mod_auth_cookie_file, mod_auth_external, mod_auth_inst, mod_auth_system, mod_eaccess, mod_bandwidth, mod_cgisock, mod_urlcount, mod_disallow_id, mod_peephole, mod_put, mod_qs2ssi, mod_session, mod_cvs, mod_macro, mod_random, mod_ip_forwarding, mod_ticket, mod_monitor, and the latest gd libraries with PNG support. It is fully customizable and menu driven. Everything is compiled from source. It checks for RPMs that might cause problems and uses wget to automatically download the source if it's missing.

Hope this helps - have fun!