[TynesideLUG] Home web server help.

[Derek Frost]

Hi John,

You will need to buy/rent a domain name from someone like GoDaddy, I pay 
about £14 a year for a ".co.uk" domain, a ".com" is usually more.

Also, as home internet connections change their IP address from time to 
time you will also need something called a Dynamic DNS service (DDNS) to 
redirect your domain to the server. There are free ones available but I 
don't know if they are any good.

Running a PC 24/7 for 365 days a year can add £100+ to your electric 
bill. I usually use a shared hosting service as this can be cheaper than 
the electricity cost to run my own Server, unless you run it anyway, and 
it comes with a static IP address so I don't need the DDNS service. The 
server is also in a Data centre with power backup available. Last time I 
used a German host called Netcup.de and just took a full virtual 
machine, installing my own Web server etc. Their English is a bit 
comical but it worked well. I had to pay for 6 month up front (£56 for 
the package I had) but they refund the difference if you cancel earlier. 
You can check them out here:

https://www.netcup.eu/vserver/vps.php

It's the LUG on Saturday so its probably easier discuss things then.

Derek

On 26/02/2024 19:50, john hall wrote:
> Hi there all, a question, if you will, ad like to build a home sever 
> with Debian az the server and Apache for the website.
> 
> All the how-tos online have me abit lost now, aye understand Apache 
> gives me an index page to work with but still everything else, like a 
> domain name and network configuration am supposed to know, aye know sum 
> but not enough...
> 
> Aye can setup its SSH connection to the server and see it's use but sum 
> online apps like digital ocean and more, are front ends to help serve up 
> a website from your home server but @ a cost, still aye feel it defeats 
> the object ov hosting a website, on my own home server ?
> 
> Any help appreciated, still consider, aye know nothing but ad like to 
> know how to if possible and thanks again, John.
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