Making a apache server

[Corvette]

I'm making a local test server to make skins for forums on. I'd just like to post this so you can discuss the making of a local test server.

I am using this guide: http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/tutorial.php?tutorial=server1 Things are going well, At the time of posting I just got PHP to work!

 

[Glaanieboy]

What's there to talk about? It's funny to learn, you are never out of resources (disc space), you can upgrade whenever you want and you even redirect a domain name to it. One major downside is still security. You need a good firewall, else you'll be flooded and your connection blocked etc. This has happened to me several times and luckily the manufacturer of my router brought out a new firmware with upgrades to the hardware firewall. That has saved me many times.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Fun OS X Feature: To get apache up and running, all you need to do is tick a box. no arsing about with configs 😉

glaanie's right though, setup a good firewall, don't want outside connections to it (or do you? o_0)

 

[NetRyder]

Fun OS X Feature: To get apache up and running, all you need to do is tick a box. no arsing about with configs 😉

What's the fun in that? 😛

 

[Corvette]

No, this is just on my computer, Type this in on another computer: http://localhost/ and you'll proably get nothing! But on my comp you'll see a Apache server test page.

 

[Glaanieboy]

VS, what's your IP?

 

[NetRyder]

😀

 

[SPeedY_B]

No, this is just on my computer, Type this in on another computer: http://localhost/ and you'll proably get nothing! But on my comp you'll see a Apache server test page.

Really? I see an apache test page too!!!! How about that..

 

[chris]

No, this is just on my computer, Type this in on another computer: http://localhost/ and you'll proably get nothing! But on my comp you'll see a Apache server test page.

har 😀

 

[xsivforce]

I see three different forums running on three different forum platforms.

 

[Glaanieboy]

😛

 

[Khayman]

if i'm online and type it in i get redirected to http://www.localhost.net.au/

 

[j79zlr]

type in http://127.0.0.1

 

[X-Istence]

wow, its the loopback interface.

127.0.0.1 was origionally created to test the loopback interface, after that people decided that binding local services was a good idea, and that is how the name localhost, or localhost.localdomain came about.

 

[Corvette]

I see three different forums running on three different forum platforms.

NOT! I only have 1 test forum running this php flat file database board called UPB. I don't have MySQL running yet.

 

[SPeedY_B]

NOT! I only have 1 test forum running this php flat file database board called UPB. I don't have MySQL running yet.

He wasn't talking about you.

 

[X-Istence]

Vipersnake: if your are in linux: rm -rf /, if you are in windows deltree c:\*.* /y

Thank you 🙂

 

[j79zlr]

now now x-istence, deltree isn't supported in XP, so that should be rmdir c:\* /s

 

[NetRyder]

Vipersnake: if your are in linux: rm -rf /, if you are in windows deltree c:\*.* /y

Thank you 🙂

 

[X-Istence]

now now x-istence, deltree isn't supported in XP, so that should be rmdir c:\* /s

Sorry sir, havnt used Windows since i last newfs -t ufs2 -<parameters> it 😛.