> now how can i set up my own web server with the > above setup You can get all the details about virtual hosting from the apache site it self..
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/index.html To get web pages locally through http://www.mysite.com ideally there should be an entry in a DNS server pointing to you machines IP address. But in an alternate way you can enter this in your machines /etc/hosts file 127.0.0.1 localhost www.mysite.com So from now on when you type in the web browser it will first check the /etc/hosts file and the browser will check you local machine itself. This page can be accessible only from the local machine and no where else. This is good only for testing. All you have to do in apache is making a virtual host entry pointing to you web site. The virtual entry can look like this <VirtualHost www.mysite.com> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] DocumentRoot /var/www/my_webite #Your web site here ServerName www.mysite.com ErrorLog /var/log/apache/mysite_error.log </VirtualHost> > > the people from where i bought the domains told me > that i hav to update > the CHILD NAME SERVER entry in the Control panel > they provided This I think means that you have brought your domain name, now you have to make an entry saying that name points to this IP address. Only then when you type http://www.mysite.com from the internet it will come and request your apache server.So this ideally means make entries saying this is your IP address. My organization has brought a few names and we can add as many childs to it. Only problem is after entering a new child name it might take around a day to replicate to other DNS servers. > they also hav other entries of name servers in this > control panel which i can > change .For this config to work how many Public IP's > is the minimum i require You will require only one IP for your single web page > can i sell the space in my server for retail > hosting? you can but with that comes all the head ache of maintaining the server and making sure its up all the time. > in that case will i require more public IP's. You may not need more IPś but you can ask the people to whom you sell your space to make the domain entry in such a way that it point to your single IP address. Then you can have multiple web sites on the same server with the help of virtual hosting. You can ask people to upload their web sites using FTP. > what is the minimum investment to CoLocate a server > and sell Space in retail Colocating the server is a very good option. No head aches of the server and its environments, The colocaters will take care of the machine being up 24/7. Im not sure of the investment part. But HCL gives good options. PD __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/
