Setting up Apache server help
Hi.
I am trying to host Apache server on my machine. I have Windows XP 256 mb ram. Now i am trying to install a PHP server and from the information I was able to fecth up. This is what I have.
1. Apache is a PHP server.
2. I have the Apache server configured in my system. It is Apache 2.0.55. I was asked to provide a domain name. I entered myname.net (not a legitimate option). Then I enetered my IP address(i have this leased for 24 hours). Then my legitimate mail ID.
3. Now when I run it i can not make head or toe of this. I get Apache monitor, which shows something as active. Then other option shows services that are running. Then I know nothing.
4. Actullay speaking I do not know why I set up this server, however that is not the thing I want answer for. I will find that for myself.
5. What I wish to know is, I was asked to install windows XP service pack 1, which I did not, i will do that now. And second, why it is recommened that i install a http server in my windows first and then ftp server.
6. I tried looking for RFC in apache server, but did not found anything. Help will be appericiated.
Thanks.
Kamal Singh Bisht
Re: Setting up Apache server help
Ok let's see..
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Originally posted here by bisht_kamal
Hi.
I am trying to host Apache server on my machine. I have Windows XP 256 mb ram. Now i am trying to install a PHP server and from the information I was able to fecth up. This is what I have.
So far so good
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1. Apache is a PHP server.
Wrong, Apache is a webserver, which can be used to serve a php backend..
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2. I have the Apache server configured in my system. It is Apache 2.0.55. I was asked to provide a domain name. I entered myname.net (not a legitimate option). Then I enetered my IP address(i have this leased for 24 hours). Then my legitimate mail ID.
So you are just crappying about ??
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3. Now when I run it i can not make head or toe of this. I get Apache monitor, which shows something as active. Then other option shows services that are running. Then I know nothing.
That's a good point to make clear...Then I know nothing.
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4. Actullay speaking I do not know why I set up this server, however that is not the thing I want answer for. I will find that for myself.
I hope you do..
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5. What I wish to know is, I was asked to install windows XP service pack 1, which I did not, i will do that now. And second, why it is recommened that i install a http server in my windows first and then ftp server.
Why a ftp server ?? I would not install an ftp server at all if I wer you !!
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6. I tried looking for RFC in apache server, but did not found anything. Help will be appericiated.
What do you mean with RFC ?? Request For Comment ??
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Thanks.
Kamal Singh Bisht
No Problem.
Anne Jan Brouwer
Re: Re: Setting up Apache server help
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Originally posted here by the_JinX
I would not install an ftp server at all if I wer you !!
Hi the_JinX,
While I can't say FTP is the most secure of protocols, the guy is just trying things out.. You learn from your mistakes. Maybe he just wants to see how insecure FTP is by sniffing the packets from another computer or whatnot..
And, he will learn from this experience. Maybe he wants to be a webserver admin in the future - this is the right place to start. No, an out-of-the-box XAMPP installation is NOT secure enough to be used out in the open - but it is a good starting point. I would know far less about servers if I had never installed and secured one - I think we can say the same for everyone.
I'm just suggesting that we should help him rather than hinder him. :)
Cheers,
-jk ;)