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jemdna

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Hey everyone and happy new year :)

Looking to make use of an old PC I have here (core 2 duo, 2 GB ram etc). In essence I would like it to be able to host to the outside world - as simple as an FTP server maybe or perhaps HTTP so I can put a static page(s) demonstrating upcoming events in the business. I know typically you would need a static IP for this but wondered if services such as DYNDNS still exist?

The other thing I would like it to do is sit happily upstairs allowing me to backup three machines data to it (mostly photos and excel documents etc)

Wondered if just a simple install of Win7 with a shared drive enabled for backup and some kind of automation software for the backups as for the FTP/HTTP perhaps third party software? OR more than happy to chuck Ubuntu (or similar) on there to do this if thats easier/cheaper?

Cheers everyone in advance :)
 
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Your PC will cost more in electricity than a hosting package.

And GitHub and Azure will host a basic website for free.
 
OK - So if I went towards hosting the website via Azure or similar, what would you recommend for the backup(s) - As i suggested a shared folder and automation or is there a better way of backing up the machines?

Bry
 
If it's just static HTML files and some images then why would you look to backup from the web host, instead of just having the web host being a mirror of a local folder (keep it in sync with an SFTP client or similar), and backing that up?
 
No the backups is a seperate question - As in documents photos etc on my three local machines, Just in the event that a machine dies I have a local backup to restore from?
 
Depends if you want to learn how to do it all?
If you do then use your PC, Ubuntu Server edition and choose the basics like LAMP, DNS and SSH and go from there. There are many DDNS providers out there, you can usually run a client process on your machine or some routers have it embedded also.
 
Steveocee said:
Depends if you want to learn how to do it all?
If you do then use your PC, Ubuntu Server edition and choose the basics like LAMP, DNS and SSH and go from there. There are many DDNS providers out there, you can usually run a client process on your machine or some routers have it embedded also.
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That's what a virtual box is for these days. Unless it's the hardware side you want to learn there really isn't a reason to use a physical box.
 
Thanks for all the replies :)

I appreciate it isn't going to be the most cost affective but as Steveocee mentioned, its as much s achieving a backup/hosting as it is learning all the processes involved :)

Looking at Ubuntu as free (I know I can get trials of micro$oft products but still...) but noticed its designed as terminal only for server use. Should I start there or get a window manager running first to learn the basics before full time terminal?

Bry
 
In the past I have hosted a half-decent website on a 4gb sdcard on a raspberry pi.

Worth looking into.
 
I do have a Raspberry Pi sitting about here... Was that using one of the linux installs that are part of the NOOBS setup or?

Bry
 
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