surf
6/30/2006 9:30:00 AM
I am considering investigating running my own webserver through a
cable modem at my condo in order
to start my own web development company for ruby on rails programming.
That way I could host sites on my machine for free, once those sites
started getting some traffic, then I'd move them to a real server. I
could host various sites to show potential clients and so on. I'd
probably go out and buy a desk top PC for around $350 or a little more.
I figure I need as much disk space as I can get for cheap as all I have
is a laptop
and an old machine that runs very poorly. If the server was not allways
up, it would not be a big deal, it would mainly be for development and
hosting sites that are not high volume etc.
I would try to leave it turned on alot. Could power outages damage the
machine ?
Sometimes I may be away from home for several days. If the machine
crashes or there is a power outage, it will have to wait until I get
home, or else I would shut it off when I am away for several days.
Having my own server would make the development easier without having
to upload stuff to a remote server and make it easier to do work for
people and have a place on the web without them going out and buying
service at a site before I did anything. This would also be
educational, however I am more interested in programming than in admin
type work.
What is a good book that would help me out, particularly in the area of
security on how to build a secure web server ?
Would I be alot better off with linux, and if so why ?
I guess appache is the best, what about the webrick server that comes
with
ruby/rails is that a serious server ?
If too much traffic is a problem with my ISP, I may have to build a
way into the system to limit traffic perhaps.