Home Server

[Allan]

I have a couple older PC laying around.What would be invovled making them servers

 

[Carson]

Installing Ubuntu Server, and knowing what you're doing.

 

[Allan]

is there a way to go thru windows xp.Other then reformatting the hardrive to add Ubuntu

 

[Carson]

is there a way to go thru windows xp.Other then reformatting the hardrive to add Ubuntu

If you use the networking feature of XP. It is not as efficient though, and Ubuntu server running Samba File Server would be a lot easier. Samba allows you to share files to Windows computers without them running Ubuntu.

 

[Allan]

oh ok seems alot easier.Thanks for answering also.
I'm not a tech guru just figuredi would see how hard it is todo.I have 2 old pc's with about 6gb ram and together about 800gb of hardrive.Instead of the sitting in closet collecting dust thought i would look into this

 

[Carson]

Yeah, just format them, put Ubuntu Server on a disc, and install it. Just make sure you grab Samba while installing, and the PC is connected to the internet. 🙂

You can find a good tutorial here: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver-p3

 

[Kashike]

You could install XAMPP, WAMP, or EasyPHP if you want to run a PHP server.
All three come with: Apache, PHP, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin.

 

[Carson]

You could install XAMPP, WAMP, or EasyPHP if you want to run a PHP server.
All three come with: Apache, PHP, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin.

Most big ISP's don't allow servers though.

 

[Allan]

yeah i would have to talk to comcast lol

 

[Taz]

So will it be a dedicated server? What will it do?

 

[Carson]

Sorry, would you like to be a Web Server? I assumed you wanted it to just be a file server for your house. If it's kept on your network and not reaching out to the internet, Comcast has no care in the world about your server. If you're creating a web server though, Comcast has an issue with that.

 

[Taz]

If I install that, will I be able to host cpanl?

 

[Allan]

I wsa going to create it to host my wife's and mine sites.SO comcast will have a problem with it.But what they don't know doesn't hurt them lol

Taz check out cpanel first i did and it's like $200 (usd) a year to use it.

 

[iGame]

You could install cPanel on a dedicated server (you just need a compatible OS that will work with cPanel such as CentOS and hardware which is supported), but the thing is Bandwidth if your receiving enough traffic your home ISP will not able to support it and i'm sure your ISP will contact you about high bandwidth usage then they may slow your speed or charge you extra and you will defiantly need a static IP address which only some ISP's provide.

Its not impossible to do, you can do it but it might be costly.

 

[Allan]

It would probably be cheaper to get a vps then lol

 

[iGame]

Yes it would be but you could use your spear computers for something else such as a NAS for your network.

 

[NBK*Twitch]

I wsa going to create it to host my wife's and mine sites.SO comcast will have a problem with it.But what they don't know doesn't hurt them lol

Taz check out cpanel first i did and it's like $200 (usd) a year to use it.

thing is they will know. they will see your data spike and either cut you off or warn you. I also would suggest not using ubuntu for a sevrer os. It is defintaly not server matiral. I would suggest CentOS or Debain for a server OS.Or if you like BSD's FreeBSd and/or OpenBSD.