Topic: Setup a web server

[Eli]

Well, can someone at least tell me where I can get a lot of info (very detailed) on this subject.

[Eli]

Can someone please tell me where I get my global ip and local ip so I can get my web server up and running.
And if anyone is going to say, get someone who knows how to do it, I want to know how to do it, that is why I ask.

I (the noob with servers) just need a little explaining.

Thanks
-Eli

[Dan Brown]

You don't need the local IP, but you do need the external IP.  As RayG posted several messages upstream, you can locate that information in the "Review Configuration" screen in the web-based server manager.

[Eli]

So let me get this right. I click on modify setting for "www", and have location set to local and click on publish globally. Then under "review configuration" I take the ip from where it says, external ip and put that in to global ip and local ip (it doesn't let me further unless I fill both ips in), leaving the other one field blank. I press next, and then finished. After which I should see my website from that ip anywhere on the net? Or is there more I must do? I don't know maybe I have to do the same for "ftp" and"mail" for the whole thing to work.

If I made any mistakes here, please correct me.

Thanks
-Eli

[Guck Puppy]

Eli wrote:
> So let me get this right. I click on modify setting for
> "www", and have location set to local and click on publish
> globally.

This is in reference to DNS records. Why are you doing this? Have you followed the 'SME as public DNS server howto" or do you have a servicelink contract from Mitel?

Presumably you have a dynamic IP address (you mentioned you are using DSL to connect to the net) ?

G

[Eli]

What I wrote is all I've done. I really know nothing. I have not done any DNS thing. Someone asked me to work it out for them, I don't know why. I have also been thinking of hosting my website from here too. my ip from my isp, would that show up in "review configuration"? Is that what I would use as my address? So how would I get my ip in the DNS records?

Thanks now and in advance, I appreciate all the help.
-Eli

[Eli]

Please someone tell me where I get the ip from and how to get it into the DNS. Or tell me where I can learn too do it.

[Lothar Maier]

1. Look at www.dyndns.org.
2. Create an account.
3. Create your hostname and select one of the availible domains.
4. Change your server settings to your hostname and domain.
5. Set your server  settings to server and gateway.
6. Select dynamic dns-service  www.dyndns.org.

After rebooting your server check your logfiles for correct settings ...

But, with your knowledge you should not setup real internetservers!

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    Lo