web server

[Harold Hallikainen]

>
>>
>> On Fri, April 7, 2006 9:29 pm, Bret Stern said:
>>>
>>> I have FC4 running reliably on a nice Dell server
>>> behind a good firewall.
>>>
>>> I would like to stop my ISP from hosting my site
>>> and let my static ip (one of five i have) server
>>> host my web site.
>>>
>>> It seems straight forward.
>>>
>>> 1. I need to change my configuration at Internic
>>>    to point to my servers.
>>
>> DNS: Are you going to write your own or have them do it. Some registrars
>> won't point to a host outside their hosting pool. I pay my ISP a couple
>> bucks a month extra to secondary my DNS entries. They hit mine 3 times a
>> day
>> and as long as I update the 'serial' in my entries, I'm good to go.
>> Search
>> for DNS HOWTO, or NAMED HOWTO for help.
>>
>>>
>>> 2. I need to modify my httpd.conf file.
>>
>> Very true. If Apache is running, just point your browser at localhost
>> and
>> you're on your way.
>>
>>>
>>> Are there any other suggestions. Recommended
>>> setup in httpd.conf??
>>
>> Wow, that's a book. Please be specific with requests, hopefully one per
>> email, as you go along and hit the inevitable bumps. Some things you'll
>> probably end up doing is VirtualHosts and security/login sites, etc.
>> This
>> isn't rocket science, but it can get hairy with the different versions
>> of
>> HTTPD.
>>
>> As long as you're at it, look into fetchmail, or just using your host as
>> the
>> email server, too. That cleans up the MX records at the DNS server. If
>> you
>> do, take a hard look at bogofilter or spamassassin, plus clamav for
>> virus
>> protection. You could look at them anyway if you are going to use
>> fetchmail,
>> which is pretty simple to use. Redundancy is good for spam and virus
>> filtering.
>>
>> HTH more than confuses.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>
>
> I'm pretty much doing what you're proposing (http://www.hallikainen.org).
> I started slow and built stuff up over the years.
>
> I'm running a Linksys BEFSR81 router between the DSL and the LAN. I have
> it forwarding ports for http, ssh, smtp, and ssl to the FC4 machine. I'm
> using sendmail for sending and receiving email (relaying it through my
> ISPs smtp server). I'm using Apache for web serving. I'm using dovecot as
> the  IMAP server. I'm using SquirrelMail as my webmail client. These are
> all included with FC4.
>
> Mostly I go through the config files making small modifications in the
> hopes of getting stuff to do what I want. Before modifying a config, I cp
> it to filename.HH.1 where 1 changes with each revision and HH is a flag so
> I can easily find modified configs.
>
> One of the changes I made in Apache config is to put the document root at
> /home/harold/public_html instead of /var/www or wherever it defaults. That
> makes it easy for me to make changes without becoming root.
>
> For DNS, I'm using http://www.dns2go.com. I told Networks Solutions to use
> the DNS2go servers for my dns. dns2go is designed to provide dns services
> to people with dynamic IP addresses (both you and I have static). Even
> though I have a static IP, I'm running the dns2go script so it knows my
> server's IP address. This came in handy a couple years ago when I moved. I
> pulled the server from home and put it in my office for a few weeks. No
> one knew the difference. The IP address changed as appropriate. When I got
> DSL in our new home, I moved the server there, plugged it in, and it was
> on line. Real simple!
>
> So... I suggest just start messing with it. Decide what service you want
> to get working first. Keep banging on it until it works. Ask questions
> here.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Harold


One more thing to try is webmin. I think you can use yum to install it. As
root, type yum install webmin. Then go to https://localhost:10000 and
login as root. Lots of config stuff available there, including Apache.

Harold

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