Best way of setting up a webserver ?

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Hi,
Im looking to setup a webserver on my spare P4 rig. I want to run a proxy server off it, if anyone can point me in the right direction of doing this it would be great :D. Theres no firewall on the PC just AVG Free atm. It was reformatted few days ago not been used much so might aswell put it to use. What firewall should i run ? i herd of freesco would that be a good option ?.

Just realised freesco is linux isnt it ?
 
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So what do you want? a Proxy? a Web Server? both? I assume from your comment that it has to be Windows based, correct?
 
What do you want to do exactly??!

A proxy server inspects and filters web and email based traffic based on specific rules, a webserver on the other hand is a completely different concept all together.

For a webserver either use Apache or Internet Information Services running on Windows 2003.

For a Proxy server use Microsoft ISA Server 2004/2006 on Windows 2003 server.

Trust me you dont need a Proxy server, i would go for Apache as its free and installs on Windows Client or Server Os's.
 
If you're interested in an Apache/MySQL/PHP server Ubuntu Server is a fine choice if you're willing to abandon Windows. Those 3 vital packages are installed by default. You edit a few config files to set your IP or domain information and you're serving pages. :)
 
Im looking for something which i can host a site off my home PC, and also run a normal proxy server emedded into the webpage :). Would really like it to run on windows :).
 
I have run a few webservers now, and although I prefer Linux (for stability amongst other reasons), you can get hold of packages for Windows.

XAMPP : http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html


"XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start."

Get the Windows version and install it. There is some setting up to do, with some config files etc, but its easy. I'm sure you'll pick it up fast.


As for a proxy; I found PHProxy easy to implement and customise. Very easy.

http://www.phproxy.org/
 
XAMPP is nice, but i'd just wish they'd do a version of it that uses PHP 4 instead of PHP5. :(

I just install Apache, then MySQL, then PHP4... It can be a pain playing with .conf files but it works and is stable. :)
 
I used IB Server to install apache, my sql and php on my webserver, was very easy to configure - just ran the exe and put the files in the www directory.

Proxy plus for a proxy server, used this when I had dial up sharing AOL accross a few PCs. Is a good, stable proxy server app. :)
 
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ghgh said:
I used IB Server to install apache, my sql and php on my webserver, was very easy to configure - just ran the exe and put the files in the www directory.
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I think you have solved my problem... IB Server uses php4, and is easy to set up. :) Thanks mang
 
MikeHunt79 said:
XAMPP is nice, but i'd just wish they'd do a version of it that uses PHP 4 instead of PHP5. :(
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Mate if you read the instruction page for XAMPP theres a built in phpswitcher batch file which you just run and it'll switch between php 4 and php5 as needed.
 
Gman said:
Mate if you read the instruction page for XAMPP theres a built in phpswitcher batch file which you just run and it'll switch between php 4 and php5 as needed.
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I stand corrected (said the man with the orthopaedic shoes!). i'll give XAMPP another go. The nice thing about XAMPP is that it can be run from a USB stick, meaning I'm not restricted to the one computer. :)
 
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