How to set up a personal home web server

[BradleyAshbury]

Hi

Yah Soul. how about u make a sticky with all the links, just links and lock it Thank you

[John]

I recommend using XAMPP for a personal home web server running from your desktop. Do not use it for an actual webserver as I believe it is really only intended to be used for development purposes.

[Steven Perry]

Hey thank you for sharing the link. It is really good.

[MH Vishal]

I never thought I would say I enjoyed setting up my home web server for the first time, but i followed the directions here and it worked wonderfully. Only thing that was missing was to make sure windows firewall is set manually to open port 80. Bingo ! that did it for me to enter my computer from the outside.

Now...if I could only find a way to host my own E-mail server within my home web server, my life would be complete. anyone ?

[John]

Which method did you go with? If you're going to be hosting sites from your personal computer, I would suggest using virtualization software for this. Something like VirtualBox along with whatever operating system you choose to go with. Using VM will essentially separate your host operating system from your webserver's operating system.

With regard to running your own email server, you can do this - but it might not work out well. IP addresses from Internet providers are designated for personal use. The anti-spam organizations use these IP designations to indicate which IPs should be able to send email. If your IP shows up being designated as personal use then you'll likely be blocked by any email server that checks these designations on incoming email.

[subhaikav]

As i'm new to this forum, it is great to see such an useful posts.Thank you guys for sharing the links and many useful information. I'm also ready to share my views hereafter.

[bt-t]

I dont like this serveer sbecause you need to spend a lot otf time on them and you have no time left to spend in other things... :-)