Creating a Web Server out of SuSE 9.1
 

Does anyone know where I can find some info about making a website server out of suse 9.1? for example, a website that shows a good step by step guide to creating a server from your computer? i was given a few website when asking before, but there was no real instructions on where to find this info im looking for. I really dont care about have a www.mysite.com address, i wouldnt mind if it was just teh ip address at first, then later make it into a .com .net .org etc. I only require info on where to start and how to start doing it. please dont post an answer like "just google it"... that doesnt help a person like me, if you have any info I would appreciate it ALOT. TIA.

All you need is Apache. When I got started, I bought a book about Apache because the config file was very large and not many answers on how to (best) configure all the features. I also recommend the documentation at apache.org. They give pretty good explanations of each directive and how it works, so if you have questions about a specific one, that should tell you.

Getting apache running is only as complex as the config file. So I recommend installing apache (if its not already) and start by saving a copy of your httpd.conf as httpd.original so you can refer back to what the defaults were when you started. From there, I recommend tweaking and messing with the config file until you get what you're looking for.

if that didn't seem like a very good answer, maybe just try looking around for an apache howto. But you may not find one cause apache is pretty simple.

The Apache 2.0 (the version included with SuSE 9.1) documentation is here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/
However, there is also valuable information to be gleaned from the Apache 1.3 tutorials. They are here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/tutorials.html

The Apache server may already be installed; check in /usr/local for an apache2 directory.

--Barry