What can i do with my fully functional Ubuntu server?
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What can i do with my fully functional Ubuntu server?
Hey everyone,
I set up apache2, php5, php5-mysql and mysql-server on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I tested it and works well. Assuming I know programming with Php and mysql, What possible things can i do with my server? How can i build a website and allow the outside world access it using a domain name? Any suggestions on how to's..or tutorial links will be appreciated. Thank you.
Assuming I know programming with Php and mysql, What possible things can i do with my server?
Anything you want, from websites, to mail server, chat servers, there's LOADS of things you can do, what do you want to do.
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Originally Posted by abhishekgit
How can i build a website and allow the outside world access it using a domain name?
Register a domain name, learn about DNS, learn how to configure your ISP router to pass-through port 80 requests and probably also how to deal with dynamic DNS updates when your ISP IP release expires. As you said "Assuming I know programming with Php and mysql" then use those to create your website, or use something like WordPress and see how that uses PHP and a database to generate sites.
First part of all this is deciding what actually interests you now. There are thousands of "how-to" pages around the internet that cover just about anything, and if you get stuck or onece you've decided, you can always ask here for further more specific help.
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