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    How to Build a Home or Office Web Server
    How to Build a Home or Office Web Server
    How to Build a Home or Office Web Server
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    How to Build a Home or Office Web Server

    By Stuart Gregory

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    Learn how to build a home or office web server. With an easy to follow guide you can ...Configure your home network Assign static IP addresses Select and build hardware Build a virtual private server (VPS) Build a dedicated server Install CentOS from a DVD Rom Create a bootable USB pen drive Install CentOS from a USB pen drive Use open source software Install &configure software Install & configure cPanel Configure & install server security Assign Domain names to your server ...Plus Much More
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJun 5, 2014
    ISBN9781291907209
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      How to Build a Home or Office Web Server - Stuart Gregory

      How to Build a

              Home or Office Web Server

      By Stuart Gregory

      Learn how to....

      Configure your home network

      Assign static IP addresses

      Select & build hardware

      Build a virtual private server (VPS)

      Build a dedicated server

      Install CentOS from DVD Rom

      Create bootable USB pen drives

      Install CentOS from USB pen drives

      Use open source software

      Install & configure software

      Install & configure cPanel

      Configure & Install server security

      Assign domain names to your server

      And much more

      How to build a home or office web server

      ISBN: 978-1-291-90720-9

      Copyright © Stuart Gregory 2013

      The right of Stuart Gregory to be identified as the author of this

      works has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78

      of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1998.

      Condition of sale

      This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,

      by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or

      otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other

      than that in which it is published and without a similar

      condition including this condition being imposed

      Acknowledgements

      With thanks to my loving wife and daughter for all the help and support enabling to write this book.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One

      Static or Dynamic IP addresses

      Choosing your Internet Service Provider (ISP)

      Configuring your home network

      Networking equipment

      Hub configuration

      Configure hub 1

      Configure hub 2

      Network port switch

      Chapter Two

      Virtual private servers (VPS)

      Virtualisation

      Host server

      Dedicated servers

      Chapter three

      Server Hardware

      Main server hardware

      Pre built systems

      Using an old PC

      Additional hardware

      Chapter four

      About CentOS

      Downloading CentOS

      uTorrent

      Image burn

      CentOS bootable USB Pen Drive

      Windows Bootable USB drive

      Chapter five

      Installing CentOS 6.3 from a DVD Rom Disc

      Installing CentOS 6.3 from a Bootable USB

      Create custom hard drive layout

      Configuring Internet Access

      Chapter six

      Building a dedicated server

      Building Virtual Private Server

      Installing the host operating system

      Disabling sleep mode for Windows 8

      Installing Virtualisation software

      Creating a Virtual Machine (VPS)

      Installing CentOS 6.3 from a Saved Image

      Auto start VPS on server boot up

      Chapter seven

      Configuring CentOS

      Adding additional IP’s to a VPS

      Adding additional IP’s to a dedicated server

      Chapter eight

      Installing cPanel

      Configuring cPanel

      Adding a domain name

      Chapter nine

      Creating a wheel user and disabling root access

      Changing your SSH port

      Installing server firewall

      Chapter Ten

      Optimising MySQL

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      Chapter Eleven

      Technical support

      Chapter Twelve

      Software

      Winrar

      WinZip self extractor

      ISO2USB

      Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

      CentOS x86 64bit

      Windows 8 64 bit Bit operating system

      uTorrent

      Image Burn

      Putty: a free Telnet/SSH Client

      Oracle Virtualbox

      cPanel

      Chapter One

      Static or Dynamic IP addresses

      In order to run a web server no matter if this is from home or a datacenter the World Wide Web needs to know where that web server is. This is done with an IP address. An IP address is like the phone number of where your server can be found.

      Dynamic IP address change each time your router is turned off and on again. If your were to run a web server on a dynamic IP address then each time your router was turned off and back on you would have to configure your server, name servers and domain name to the new IP address. This would then result in new DNS propagation being needed and your web site and server could be offline for up to 24 hours while new DNS propagation takes place.

      There are a few services on the market that lets you use dynamic DNS management to point your domain name to your home dynamic IP address; a small monthly fee is normally required. With these each time your routers IP is changed it will update and start the processes to point your domain name to your new dynamic IP. These services still result in some down time but most of the configuration is produced automatically.

      If you wish to install cPanel, which is a server interface that lets you add and manage domain names on your server, then you will require a static IP address. The cPanel licence is only granted to static IP addresses.

      A static IP address means that no matter how long or how often your router is turned off, when it re-boots your IP address will always be the same.

      Some internet service providers offer single or multiple IP addresses for a small monthly fee. Most virtual private servers, (VPS) use only a single IP address, whereas most dedicated servers have at least two IP addresses assigned to them.

      When hosting a website it is better to use static IP addresses as this means you are not sharing your IP address. Another person or company could have been using the dynamic IP address and sending out lots of email spam causing the IP address to be on a blacklist.

      For the small charge and stability I would recommend using static IP addresses. For the examples in this book I have used an internet service provider (ISP) which has assigned 5 static IP addresses to my broadband connection. This will allow me to create 3 virtual private servers each with a single IP address and a dedicated server with two IP addresses assigned to it.

      Choosing your Internet Service Provider (ISP)

      Choosing your internet service provider is the first part in building a home web server. Careful consideration needs to be implemented before signing up to an internet service provider. Once you have signed up you will be in a 12 or 14 month contract so choosing the right company first time is essential.

      For the purpose and examples in this book I have chosen BT Business broadband. They offer fast fibre broadband and static IP addresses. BT Business broadband is happy for you to run a web or gaming server from their equipment and offer some support in configuring their router to allow this.

      You don’t need to have business premises or be a business to have BT Business broadband installed as these can be installed in your own home. I have changed to have this installed in my home for the purpose of writing this book.

      With BT Business broadband they offer a free business hub, I have two of these for this example but only one is required. I have also opted for the 5 static IP addresses.

      Configuring your home network

      Once you have your broadband active and your static IP addresses assigned to your line you are ready to start configuring your hub ready for your home web servers. Their support only shows how to configure the hub to allow one web server to run with one static IP address assigned to that web server. In the examples we show in this book we are going to run multiple web servers and a dedicated server with multiple static IP addresses assigned to it; for this we will need to configure the hub and network differently to the way they show.

      Networking equipment

      The networking equipment I am using in these examples are listed below. You may wish to use the same our substitute with your own equipment.

      Two BT Business hubs

      Network port switch

      Multiple cat5 (Ethernet) cables

      Only one BT Business hub is required for the servers but as I want to connect my home PC to this broadband line and have it protected by the routers firewall, I have the second hub

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