A server which provides documents and applications through the http/https protocol
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Extremely simple web server for Windows? [closed]
A few years ago I used a super simple free web server for Windows.
The only thing you had to do was copy an exe to a dir, double-click that exe, and - voilá - that dir was now accessible over HTTP.
...
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2answers
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How do I get Apache to follow symlinks?
In my apache www folder (/var/www on ubuntu 10.10) I have:
mydir -> /home/user/mydir
(that I created with ln -s)
Now, if I want to see a listing of the files in mydir from the web, I have to ...
12
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5answers
13k views
Access internal IP using public IP
I have a DSL modem with a public IP address (201.206.x.x), and I have a web server in my internal network (192.168.0.50).
I set up the modem to forward requests to port 80 to my web server, so, if I ...
12
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3answers
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How do CDN (Content Distribution Networks) work?
Taking Akamai as CDN. From what I understand, when a client requests a page, the request goes to Akamai central server, which then depending on the location of client, picks up an Akamai edge server ...
11
votes
4answers
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Force Chrome to open URLs as URLs, instead of searching
I have a local Apache server running, which is defined through /etc/hosts as "apache". So I often open pages like:
http://apache/website/
Normally, this works fine. However, since I am using a more ...
7
votes
2answers
9k views
Virtualbox: How to access web server on guest OS from the host OS?
After a lot of RTFM'ing and reading forums, I am still having problems and need some advice.
I use Virtualbox on Ubuntu and installed a Centos server as a guest. My problem is that I cannot access the ...
6
votes
4answers
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PID:4 using Port 80
I was trying to install Zend Server CE on my computer but when I got to the point were I need to choose the port for my Web Server it says: "Web Server Port: 80 Occupied". So I decided to check what ...
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votes
2answers
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Can I detect what webserver a website is using?
Is there any program or command that I can use to detect what webserver a website is using? With webserver I mean in software i.e. IIS 6, Apache or nginx.
5
votes
1answer
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How to change listening port on webbserver IIS 7?
How do you change the port to which the webbserver IIS 7 is listening for incoming traffic to whatever portnumber?
5
votes
2answers
114 views
Apache error log question
I keep seeing the following error in Apache error log. Anyone has any idea what this is?
client sent HTTP/1.1 request without hostname (see RFC2616 section 14.23):
/w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind:)
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votes
7answers
13k views
How can I make my home PC a web server?
I am running Apache Tomcat on my PC. My PC is connected to a router in my house and the router is connected to my ISP. Now I want to run a server on my pc so that my frined can view my site hosted on ...
4
votes
3answers
2k views
Linux distro for NAS Server for Home
I am wondering as is there dedicated servers for routing as (ipcop,pfsnese) and also for telephony as (elastix, asteriskNow) and other similar projects , Does exists something for home made NAS ...
4
votes
4answers
1k views
How to build or find smallest linux with only LAMP
I have an old P4 computer. I would like to use it as a test LAMP server and a need to find or build smallest LAMP server. I don't need anything fancy. If it can run popular CMS's like Joomla or Drupal ...
4
votes
3answers
1k views
Permissions on a typical shared Linux web host
I am trying to understand the file permissions on a typical shared Linux web hosting account. I know how to set rwx permissions for the OWNER GROUP and PUBLIC entities of a file or directory. What ...
4
votes
1answer
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Nginx: Serve static files out of a given directory - one level too deep
I'm pretty new to nginx configs. I'm having some difficulty with a pretty basic problem. I'd like to host some static files at /doc (index.html, some images, etc). The files are located in a directory ...
4
votes
1answer
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How can I open listen ports on an Amazon EC2 instance?
I'm using Amazon EC2 micro instance with Ubuntu 11.04 on it (official AMI by Canonical). I have created a new security group for this instance:
Inbound:
22 (SSH) 0.0.0.0/0
80 (HTTP) 0.0.0.0/0
...
4
votes
1answer
857 views
IIS 7.5 Windows Authentication Not Working in Chrome
On a new installation of IIS 7.5 I have setup Windows Authentication on my Intranet.
The providers I have used are 'NTLM' and negotiate in that order.
This works fine in IE and Firefox but in chrome ...
3
votes
1answer
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What bunch of ffmpeg scripts do I need to run “Video for everybody”?
What list of commands should I do in ffmpeg/mencoder/some_other_CLI_app to get a video in all the right formats to use Video for Everybody?
i.e. Is there a subtlety that prevents there being a ...
3
votes
3answers
758 views
Website URL hiding/hiding file
Some websites, no matter what page you're on, always just show their domain name in the address bar and nothing else.
And many show the folders, e.g. http://superuser.com/questions/ask, but don't ...
3
votes
1answer
4k views
How to browse a website which allows directory browsing but has a default page?
There is a website which allows directory browsing; I know this for sure because I can browse directories where there is no default page.
There is a directory which I want to browse, but it instead ...
3
votes
4answers
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Why does apache write its own process ID in httpd.pid?
I am new to Apache and debugging issues caused by it. I have come to understand that when Apache starts up, it writes its own process ID in httpd.pid in a human-readable format as explained here.
I ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to access http://localhost on the host operating system if the server is in a virtual machine?
I always used XAMPP for my LAMP environment and developed directly on Windows 7. But now I want to do all my web development on Linux so I installed Ubuntu in virtualbox and installed PHP/MySQL and ...
3
votes
1answer
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What is “Ubuntu Server for Cloud”?
What is "Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS for Cloud"?
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/cloud
Is this the right server edition to download if I wish to configure a web-based file server? What is the ...
3
votes
4answers
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Host PHP server on Home PC and share with Friends - Windows
I want to share my PHP App running on WAMP with my friends from my Home PC,
Is there any way?
As every PC has an unique IP Address can that be used in any way to act like a server [a tiny one]?
3
votes
4answers
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How to access guest server from the web
Ok, here's what I want to do: I want to connect to a webserver running on a virtual machine.
I have an Apache webserver running on my host machine: Windows Vista, which can be accessed from the web.
...
3
votes
2answers
1k views
Running a web server with an encrypted file system (all or part of it)
I need a webserver (LAMP) running inside a virtual machine (#1) running as a service (#2) in headless mode (#3) with part or the whole file system encrypted (#4).
The virtual machine will be started ...
3
votes
1answer
53 views
Use Server Virtualization to Create A Production/Beta Server on Same Hardware
I have one server, and I want to use some sort of software to split the server into two virtual machines, one for production and one for beta. Linux only please.
Is this possible?
Also, I do not ...
3
votes
1answer
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server has a tyan motherboard - S2891 - how to diagnose continuous beep at power up?
I have a server that has a Tyan motherboard - S2891G2NR - when starting up, it has a continuous beep (from the instant it powers on) - it still boots just fine, but the beep never goes away. I looked ...
3
votes
2answers
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Windows 8 using as a webserver
I have a few hobby websites that I currently host on CentOS 6. Apache, mail serving, PHP, MySQL nothing special.
In the past I used Windows XP to do this same task, for years, and I was OK. I ...
3
votes
4answers
866 views
setup web server behind a router
I want to turn a laptop with a broken monitor into a home web server behind a wireless router (buffalo airstation). I removed all ubuntu gui packages and installed lighttpd. The laptop has a fixed ip ...
3
votes
1answer
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MySQL doesn't start
I've installed Portable Xampp on my flashdrive.
Here is what I'm getting when I try to start MySQL on portable XAMPP server. (Apache starts without any fail)
And log looks like that
121003 ...
3
votes
2answers
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How do I detect the browser from the server?
Using a lightweight server that does basic serving of pages and doesn't have a api call for browser detection (like in ASP.NET, for example).
What is the best way to go about finding what browser the ...
3
votes
3answers
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TOR hidden service - PHP or CGI - what is safely?
I want to setup TOR Onion hidden service with non-static pages.
What should I use: Php or CGI? What is more safely?
I don't want to reveal IP of machine - I live in China and I afraid goverment.
I ...
3
votes
0answers
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Add user to TheHostingTool (THT)
I installed THT for billing system in my web-hosting, but i couldn't add user to it, it only can import user from DirectAdmin and WHMCpanel , i was thinking it maybe work with web server, is that true ...
3
votes
1answer
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Lighttpd: Serve all files in directory as static
How can I prevent any code execution under a specific directory path using Lighttpd configuration?
I do not want to use a whitelist/blacklist, but simply serve any file as a static file under that ...
3
votes
1answer
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Using CentOS virtual box guest OS as a local web server
I've installed CentOS as a virtual box os under my osx host, and have been trying to use it as a local web server, but I've run into some problems.
First, I want to establish that I've installed ...
3
votes
0answers
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Web-facing Photo Album software that scans drive to find photos
I am looking for a web album software that will scan a folder and then add the photos to the database. Specifically I am looking for a folder monitoring no upload solution. As all the files are ...
2
votes
10answers
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Recommended Personal Web Servers
I'm looking for a Personal web server to host very light traffic meant for home use only.
What is your take on personal web servers that meet some or most of the criteria below?
Free/Open source
...
2
votes
5answers
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Forward port 80 on a Linksys WRT54GL to port 80 of a single IP on the local network
I have a Linksys WRT54GL router and a home network of two PCs. What I want is one of the PCs to be a web server visible from the world on my static IP. It is a WindowsXP PC with IIS 5.1 setup and ...
2
votes
3answers
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Please recommend a lightweight easily installable http server for OSX
I need an http server to serve up static content on localhost.
It needs to meet the following conditions:
easy to install, minimal configuration, just fire up from a directory and that's it
...
2
votes
4answers
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Make ubuntu Server Accesible to the Internet
i just installed the latest version of ubuntu server, php, apache, shorewall and mysql.
the problem is that i cant access the website from other computers. i read that to fix that i need to change ...
2
votes
3answers
477 views
Bare bones HTTP server for linux with resumable file downloads
I have a Windows user I want to share a large file with, they have Firefox with I understand supports resumable HTTP file downloads, and I have Ubuntu Linux, but limited disk space and such, so I ...
2
votes
3answers
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How do I check the checksum of a download and why should I?
My memory isn't great but I think five or six years ago, when I downloaded some package, there was never a checksum line under the download icon on the webpage. And no instructions to "check the ...
2
votes
1answer
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Chrome slow on request against 127.0.0.1 via “fake” domain (domain.local)
I'm having troubles on my local dev environment with Chrome since an unknown moment in the past, some request (I would say about 90% of them) are really slow, it takes about 10 secs to start ...
2
votes
4answers
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Untouchable File on Linux Server, Even Though Permission == 777
I have a file on my web server that I can't rename, delete, move, edit, anything. I have set the permissions to 777. What else can I do?
EDIT: to clarify - this is on a hosting service to which I do ...
2
votes
2answers
289 views
Easily host a MediaWiki locally?
Is there a simple Wiki that doesn't use a database, but which uses syntax like MediaWiki? (eg. like Wikipedia)
I want to host it locally on my PC, but have it hosted as an HTTP webserver on a ...
2
votes
1answer
421 views
Logwatch - Being probed by own network router?
I have been having some fun messing around with Apache running on an Ubuntu Server. It is set up as a global web server and shares some files that I can access anywhere. I am also using it to connect ...
2
votes
2answers
296 views
How to connect to computer without a static IP?
Is it possible to connect to a computer without a static IP?
I used before a remote desktop software that allows this, but I now wanted to setup a PC to run like a web server, mostly for ...
2
votes
2answers
497 views
How do I share files with a linux virtual machine from a Win 7 desktop
I have a Win7 deskptop (host) and want to run a linux virtual machine; but I want that linux virtual machine to be able to access a directory on the host machine (in this case, to serve a web ...
2
votes
2answers
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Hosting a high quality webserver at home? [closed]
I know it's possible to host a webserver at home. what I want to know is, can it be as good as a commercial dedicated server that you need to pay $100-200/month for? Can it be completely secured? ...
