Apache :: A Project for my Employer...

scorp2290 · Joined: 23 Jan 2011 Posts: 2

Hello all,

My name is Matt, I'm very new to the forums, so bare with me... I don't have much experience with Apache, but as the topic title might hint, my employer (I'm a manager at a grocery store until I finish college at ITT Tech) has asked me to design and implement a website for our store, and to host it on one of our office computers. Designing and building the web page is no problem, but hosting it... I have some questions.

Is it possible to have our own name? Such as www.ourstore.com? I suppose a name like this has to be purchased? Or is there a way to do this by linking an IP address to that name?

What information might I need to gather that Apache would need for me to install it successfully? I know they have a router that they use for the store's internet connection, but thus far, I have not had access to it. I just need to know what all information I need to gather, from it or elsewhere, in order for me to successfully install and run Apache in a semi-commercial environment (no advertisement or sale of products, just getting our name out there on the web).

I know they use Windows XP as the OS for their computers.

Thank you in advance for any and all responses, if there is any other information I can give, please let me know.

Thank you,
Matt

James Blond

You have to enable port 80 (maybe also port 443 for SSL) with portforwarding in you router.

To enable a domain name to your IP you need a DNS server.

scorp2290 · Joined: 23 Jan 2011 Posts: 2

Thank you for the response.

Ok, enabling port 80 should be easy. As for as getting a DNS server, would a static IP address be required? Or will a dynamic IP updater (such as DynDNS) be the solution?

And there is no other information I need to install Apache? Sounds almost too easy lol

glsmith

The latter solution has been working well for me for 11 years. In those 11 years I had a static IP for one, been dynamic all the rest of the time.