Setting up apache on a local network...

Hi! I'm planning to put together a simple linux + apache server so I can test out my perl scripts offline, and also have a chance to play with PostgreSQL, mod_perl and various other things which I can't get on my normal hosting plan.

I have put together a basic P233 machine from various spare bits I had from previous upgrades, and I'm going to install a copy of redhat on it. I basicly need to know how I can get it talking to the rest of my network (If you can call it that... 2 other PCs, bothing running Win98, linked together with some cable and a normal fast-ethernet switch) and how to setup apache....

I don't need the server to be accessable over the internet - just over the local network. Also - whats the best option for getting files to the server? Is setting up an FTP server for it pretty simple, or can I do it easier via the network somehow?

If they are any guides online regarding this, I'd also like to know. If there arn't, I think I might write one once I've got through this, as I'm sure alot of people would like to do this kind of thing...

Thanks in advance for any help,
-Tim.

>> how I can get it talking to the rest of my network

Start here -> http://forums.devshed.com/showthrea...2665&forumid=15

>> I don't need the server to be accessable over the internet

Just bind it to non-routable IP like 192.168.0.1.

>> If they are any guides online regarding this

Search google.com

Hi Tim!

You need to give your server an ip-address (like said above) and then you have to add this ip-address (plus the hostname of your server) to the "hosts" file on your windows pcs. it is probably named hosts.sam and resides in c:\windows.

for accessing your server you have two options. one is the ftp server. I recommend you use the proFTPd-package, because of its easy configuration. option two is to install and setup samba (www.samba.org), which will make your linux-server look like a windows - machine.

have fun and write that tutorial when you can ;-))

alex