Make Your Computer Into A Server in 10 Minutes (free software)

 by leevonk

Step 4: Test It

testing.jpg
Test it out, when you're sure the server is running open a web browser and type:
http://localhost
into the address bar, this should show up (see pic).

Yay, it works, now do something useful with it (will be covered in future instructables,.. maybe)
 
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Dark_Helmet says: Dec 27, 2007. 3:03 PM
You should cover port forwarding for people without dedicated IP addresses for each computer.
ScriptKing1 in reply to Dark_HelmetDec 27, 2007. 4:58 PM
I know, but I have a fixed IP, and not a Dynamic DNS or undedicated IP address, whatever you want to call it, so there is no way I can test it with my current configuration. Sorry, otherwise I would cover port forwarding.
ScriptKing1 says: Dec 23, 2007. 1:39 PM
Please make an instructable on how to upload your websites to the internet using Apache 2.2. Thank you. Good instructable. P.S If you don't want to make a new instructable for it, could you atleast PM me so that I know how. thanks!
leevonk (author) in reply to ScriptKing1Dec 23, 2007. 2:50 PM
great question, you can edit/replace the index.html in the folder 'htdocs' which is in your apache folder (wherever you installed it). after you've done that you should be able to access that index.html from any other computer on the web by typing in your server's IP address. If your ISP (internet service provider) uses static IP addresses you just type in the IP address every time to access your page.
If your ISP uses dynamic IP addresses you'll need to look up your server's IP address each time you disconnect/reconnect it to the web. There are free services that will do this for you: DNS2Go or dyndns.org. Sorry, I'll try to test all this out thoroughly and update the instructable in the future. Here are some useful references:

http://johnbokma.com/windows/apache-virtual-hosts-xp.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows/browse_thread/thread/866bad569981327c/b1d7fb821ab94a8f?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=web+page#b1d7fb821ab94a8f
http://www.tivohelp.com/archive/tivohelp.swiki.net/31.html
ScriptKing1 in reply to leevonkDec 23, 2007. 4:19 PM
THank you for your help and for replying!! = )
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