On 8/10/07, Harvey Saayman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thank you so much for the help given so far... > > now a demon of a different kind reared its ugly head... > > i set up m Listen directive to "Listen 80"... i then tried > http://localhost and my html displays right im my browser... i got my ppp0 > internet IP which was 196.23.239.34 tonight and i tried > http://196.23.239.34. now i dont get the index.htm created for my testing > purposes like i got using http://localhost, instead i get a test page that > came with apache that just sais "Its works". the dir to this htm is > C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs on my pc... i > checked my httpd.conf file and that dir isnt even in there anymore... (im > using C:/www for my htm and logs). i tried replacing that "it worx" htm with > my one and still the same problem... i dont know were apache gets told to go > there cuz i can see any other directives pointing to a dir other that the > ones i set up myself > > can this be because of my internet gateway on my home network? Sander > Temme sugested the following " you'll need a port forward from the Linux > router to your Windows box to make your Apache server visible from the > Internet" i dont hav a clue how to do this YET but this is infact how im > running my setup... i have a linux gateway on my home network which connects > to the internet, behind it i have my win pc running apache... being a noob > at this i dont know if that could be the problem > > further more... i know its beyond the scope of this mail list but i think > it is in fact relevent to the subject which is webhosting... as ive read a > user input an URL into the browser which then goes to the users IPS's DNS > servers which goes to one of 13 or 14 main DNS servers in the world which > then goes to smaller DNS servers to the specific ISP which then directs that > "query" if you will to your http servers IP... this is my current > understanding of how that works. now eventualy id like to host more than one > site EG www.thisSite.co.za and www.thatSite.co.za and www.aSite.co.za . > can i somehow host a DNS server myself? or do i have to register a DNS like > the one offered here http://www.imaginet.co.za/product/hosting/linux ... > and if i cant host it myself will the DNS registration here be enough to get > my end result of the user using www.thisSite.co.za and then directing it > to my IP? and then another Question do i need a seperate IP for each domain > www.thisSite.co.za and www.thatSite.co.za and www.aSite.co.za or will one > do the job if i somehow localy split the queary to go the right index.htmfor > the respective site? > > thank you so much for the help and patience with my probably > stupid questions... ive lerned so much alredy >
To get mine to work correctly I had to assign a static IP address via DHCP on my gateway. Then I had to forward port 80 to that specific IP address. I also ran into a lot of bugs getting an alternative root folder to work, although it's possible. For me, the easier solution was to use the existing directory structure. In the root I have a basic index.html. You also need to make sure that your httpd.conf has each vhost setup correctly. I run 7 domains from my DSL connection without a problem, using the help of a free Dynamic DNS service: http://freedns.afraid.org/ You can't host your own DNS unless your ISP has given you static IP's and you can do a successful reverse lookup. That normally means paying for commercial service with most ISP's. Keep it simple, use a free or commercial Dynamic DNS service, which should provide you with a update client that will run in the background.
