Setting up a Webserver using linux redhat 8.0

Amd619 · 03-07-2005, 10:55 PM

Hi..i want to use linux redhat 8.0 to act as a webserver to host a free intranet applicaton .The Apache Web Server have being installed and working fine.

I have a win xp system currently..Both the linux n win xp system is connected to a linksys router.What must i do so that the win xp system can view the application at the linux system using a normal web browser wihin the local area network?

SubCreations · 03-08-2005, 01:18 AM

This might help...

If you log in as root on you Linux box and type ifconfig, you should get something similar to :

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:E9:09:C6:4F
inet addr:192.168.0.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:107644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:60608 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:87898221 (83.8 Mb) TX bytes:7546980 (7.1 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xa800 Memory:f7c00000-f7c20000

In my case, it means that my IP address is 192.168.0.101.

If you put an index.html in the /var/www/html on your Linux Box, then typing the following on your Windows box:

192.168.0.101 should load the home page from your Linux box into the browser in Windows.

Likewise, 192.168.0.101/myfile.html will display whatever you have in /var/www/html/myfile.html.

And you can create additional directories:

192.168.0.101/my_directory/myfile.html would load /var/www/html/my_directory/myfile.html

There is probably some way to tell your Windows box that your Linux Box has a name so you wouldn't need to keep typing the numbers, but I don't know how. Maybe someone else can let us all know.

I encourage you to learn about how you can put Perl scripts in the cgi-bin directory and perhaps serve database applications using MySQL. The Sams Perl book is good for beginners also MySQL and Perl for the Web, CGI.pm and the Perl Cookbook will blow you away with the stuff you can do.

Generating Web Pages dynamically is too cool to overlook!

You can also install Apache, Perl and MySQL on your Windows Box very easily.

Good Luck

hanzerik · 03-08-2005, 08:59 AM

If you have a static ip on the Linux box, the easiest way I know is to edit: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Code:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.0.101 MyLinuxBox

Now on your Windows system you would just have to type:
http://MyLinuxBox
And the site would pull up.

RanDrake10 · 03-11-2005, 10:08 PM

While your playing around with your hosts file try this site http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
This will make surfing the net a lot more enjoyable, this file works for win and linux. Just copy info from current hosts file to top of new file.