website thingie

gmoney · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject: website thingie

what am i missing in this tutorial that wont allow me to set up my site.... i have it all set up exactly like this... but it just wont work

--Don't have a Domain Name? (Use No-IP)--

The first thing you need is an easy to remember address. Instead of having to memorize your dynamic IP address every few days, you can get a dynamic DNS update client and a .no-ip.com domain for free. In newbie language- this client will link your ever-changing dynamic IP address to your .no-ip.com domain name whenever your IP changes. All you need to do is sign up for the free account and download the windows client from the following link:

http://www.no-ip.com/

1. Go to http://www.no-ip.com and sign up for a free no-ip account.
2. After you sign up, you will need to check your mail and click the link in your email from no-ip to activate your account.
3. After you click the link, your browser will open, and you will be directed to a No-IP page that says your account was activated. Click the login link to continue.
4. If it asks for your email address and password to login, type in the email and password that you used when you signed up. If you are already logged in, continue to the next step.
5. Click on the Hosts/Redirects link on the "YOUR NO-IP" menu on the left.
6. Click "Add" on the menu on the left.
7. Under "Hostname" you want to type in a unique name (ex. jeffsrig).
8. Below that is a list of free domains (no-ip.info, no-ip.com, hopto.org, etc...). Choose one that you like.
9. Under "Host Type", you generally want to stick with "DNS Host (A)" (will map your hostname to your IP address using the No-IP DUC Client), but depending on your needs, you can choose whichever. Click on the "?" to the right of them for more information.
10. "IP Address" should automatically display your current IP address. If this is incorrect, you can change it, but it really doesn't matter because the client (we will install it later) will update this for us.
11. "Assign to Group" doesn't really apply since you will most likely not be registering multiple no-ip hostnames to your single server. But this is what you would use if you are dealing with multiple no-ip names.
12. "Allow Wildcards" is optional. This will make it so if anyone types in something.yoururl.no-ip.com, they will be directed to your server, rather than get a 404.
13. I won't get into "Mail Options", since this only applies to mailserver needs, but this is where you would put in your mx records.
14. Click the "Create Host" button to continue.
15. You should now get a screen that says something about the hostname being added. It can take about 5 minutes for their systems to process this, so in the meantime, lets setup the client.
16. Click on the "Downloads" tab on the top of the page.
17. On the menu to the left, click "Windows".
18. Select No-IP DUC. You can download it from CNET, or below from one of the other mirrors.
19. Install the client, and if asked, YES, you want to install it as a service!
20. No-IP should run. If not, start it up.
21. It will either display a small setup window when you first install it, or you will have to click the "EDIT" button. In either case, you want to type in the address and password that you setup your no-ip account with.
22. Click OK.
23. Your no-ip name should list in the white box, and you should see a smilie. You can close this window to make this run in the background. You will never need to open or mess with any of these settings ever again as long as you have selected to run this as a service or each time Windows starts. It should run in the background and update your no-ip address with your new IP address every time it changes.
24. Now you have a no-ip address. But if you try typing it in your browser, you will get nothing. Thats because we haven't install a server yet. We will discuss this later...

--BigApache--
Do not install if you have already installed AppServ!

BigApache is an open source project. It includes support for HTML, PHP, MySQL, Perl, Python, ASP:Apache, and Java (JBoss with Tomcat). It also includes MercuryMail as well, which really cuts the time of installing a mailserver. You can find BigApaches' SourceForge project page here. Your probably need not follow each and every step, because it really is a breeze to install, but just for those that might run into problems, here's the step-by-step instructions.

Download BigApache v1.06

Installing BigApache:

1. Download BigApacheComplete-1.06.zip and extract it to your desktop.
2. Double-click on BigApache-1.06 Setup.exe to begin the installation.
3. Click anywhere to continue.
4. Click the Ok button on the ports testing dialog. This will scan for ports needed for BigApache and its components. If it warns you that a port is in use, you should open or forward those ports to your server as soon as possible.
5. Type your server name. This should be your registered domain name, your no-ip name, or your static IP address. If you aren't sure what to put here, type "localhost" without quotes. Click the Ok button to continue.
6. Type your admin email address. this should be admin@ your domain, your no-ip name, or your static IP address. If you aren't sure, type an email address you use now. Click the Ok button to continue.
7. Click the Next button to continue.
8. Click the Next button to continue.
9. These are just notes. Click the Next button to continue.
10. If you agree to the liscense agreement, click the Yes button to continue.
11. Leave the directory as C:\ and click the Next button to continue.
12. Select setup type typical and click the Next button to continue.
13. Click the Next button to accept the default program folder.
14. Click the Next button to begin the installation.
15. Click the Install button to continue.
16. Click the Continue button.
17. Setup will now copy and install BigApache. This will take a few minutes. If you did not open or forward the required ports, you will get the same errors again during this step.
18. Type a username and password to setup a secured stats directory, and click the Ok button to continue.
19. Choose Fast-CGI and click Ok to continue.
20. Type a canonical name for your mail server. Since you haven't setup any subdomains yet, you can just type your domain name, IP address, or No-IP subdomain. The Name Server setting can be left blank. Click the Ok button to continue.
21. Click the Next button to continue.
22. Yes, you do want to restart. Click the Close button, and your system will restart.
23. Upon restart, click anywhere to continue.
24. Type a password for MySQL and click the Ok button.

Installation is complete! Your root server directory (the place where you can throw pictures, web pages, and other directories in order to "publish" them online) is at "C:\BigApache\Apache\htdocs\".

Example: C:\BigApache\Apache\htdocs\ is basically the same thing as http://123.456.789.01/index.htm on the web. The only difference is one is being run through Apache. So when you change C:\BigApache\Apache\htdocs\index.htm, you are also changing http://123.456.789.01/index.htm - because they are the same file. Get it? Great!
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I can think of one reaaaaaaallly good reason. What ISP are you on? They probably have Port 80 blocked, most broadband ISP's do.........so you can't host your own website. Did you check that out, before you went to all the work to install No-IP and Apache?
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gmoney · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:

lmfao nope i have comcast
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zhensem · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:39 am Post subject:

Ring them up and ask.

If they do block port 80 then I'll show you how to get around it.

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gmoney · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:34 pm Post subject:

ite i will call c/s today
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Just did some checking, and yes, they block port 80. I'd be careful calling to ask, though, since running a web server is against their Terms of Service.......they can shut you down.

Chances are good that they have Port 8080 blocked as well, that's the "typical" backup port that people will use. I'll be willing to bet port 25 is blocked as well......
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gmoney · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject:

so no go

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Probably not. The reason they do this is because they also sell "commercial" packages, that allow you to host a website. They cost more, have limits on the bandwidth usage (more visitors = more money), etc. It also puts you on a seperate node, and you pay more for that.

And, if you host a website with a chat room, say, or alot of active downloading (TN's banner ads, for example) or host alot of high-res pictures, your website will slow everybody else on your node down. Even Charter started blocking all the hosting ports a year or so ago, and they never cared before.
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zhensem · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject:

Gmoney, IM me sometime, I'll sort you out with a little workaround.

Btw, I will NOT be held responsible if you get booted by your ISP.
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gmoney · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

kk
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gmoney · Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject:

ite i guess i have this thing up and running now.. but now my system is using like 400megs ram idle...

its got like hella php.exe, apache.exe, and java is using like 10% cpu and 70 megs ram.. wtf??
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gmoney · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:24 am Post subject:

all i have running is bigapache
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zhensem · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 11:43 am Post subject:

Try regular ol' Apache.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Right..........you don't know what alot of those "prebuilt" Apache installs are tossing on your system. The only one I'd ever suggest is AppServ, simply because I know the guys who program it. Lean, mean, and clean, the only thing they do is preconfigure it for Nuke/PhpBB.
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gmoney · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject:

i will revert back to appserv then...
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gmoney · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject:

how can i set the mysql admin password so i can set up phpbb2.. im gettin really irritated with this... i been working on it for the last 24 hours... literally newb

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