Linux and PHP

[Joveice]

As the title says, please move this to the right place, i dident know where to put it.

I got a webpage in a zip folder, and i don't know what programs i need to install on my Ubuntu server to be able to use this as a www.mydomain.com and then get to that, and use its functions

Need information about the files etc, let me know since i don't know what you need to know.

Thank you -jove

[madknight3]

This isn't really an area I know much about but I'll try to help anyway. Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I think you can get what you want with XAMPP (or install each item separately as needed) and then set it to your domain name with Apache Virtual Hosts.

[Extingquish]

LAMP server should be what you're looking for: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

 

After that all you need to do is make sure you're port forwarded in your router. You can find guides for your specific router here: http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm

[Luraguse]

As the posters above me said, you will need to configure the Apache, MySQL and PHP services, the guide posted above is pretty easy to follow if you know how to use the command line.

 

If you are going to let other see your website I wouldn't recommend opening a port to your computer unless you take security measures before, if you don't do it, anyone that has your IP can get access to your computer. If you can afford it I would recommend using a Virtual Private Server (VPS), there are some that are very affordable like digitalocean.com, for 5 dollars a month you can have full access to a server... although it would be in command line only.

[Joveice]

As the posters above me said, you will need to configure the Apache, MySQL and PHP services, the guide posted above is pretty easy to follow if you know how to use the command line.

 

If you are going to let other see your website I wouldn't recommend opening a port to your computer unless you take security measures before, if you don't do it, anyone that has your IP can get access to your computer. If you can afford it I would recommend using a Virtual Private Server (VPS), there are some that are very affordable like digitalocean.com, for 5 dollars a month you can have full access to a server... although it would be in command line only.

already have alot of ports open so thats not that scary for me, i got a few servers so i would like to make a website for it

[Joveice]

As the posters above me said, you will need to configure the Apache, MySQL and PHP services, the guide posted above is pretty easy to follow if you know how to use the command line.

 

If you are going to let other see your website I wouldn't recommend opening a port to your computer unless you take security measures before, if you don't do it, anyone that has your IP can get access to your computer. If you can afford it I would recommend using a Virtual Private Server (VPS), there are some that are very affordable like digitalocean.com, for 5 dollars a month you can have full access to a server... although it would be in command line only.

 

 

LAMP server should be what you're looking for: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

 

After that all you need to do is make sure you're port forwarded in your router. You can find guides for your specific router here: http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm

Will i then be able to just FTP and upload all the files and then just configure it from there?

[Extingquish]

Will i then be able to just FTP and upload all the files and then just configure it from there?

 

You'd need to set up an FTP server and configure it so that the FTP directory is at the web server's directory, but yes

[Joveice]

You'd need to set up an FTP server and configure it so that the FTP directory is at the web server's directory, but yes

already got that, and thanks

So i followed the Tutorial, and when it says try to connect to it, it doesent work, iv tryed a few times now, and last time i did sudo apt-get update i corupted the whole linux server

EDIT

it works. now i don't know what to do, the server is .php files and i don't know where to put it or what to do on the server

[Joveice]

So i have figured out what, but i cannot create a file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available it says error 553 could not create file.

Please help me

[Dusan]

You should put your files into var/www/html or something like that. (idk if you have xampp or lamp or just stand-alone apache server, but the path should be similar to his one).

Also, if you didn't configure your domain name you will reach apache through http://localhost/(your project folder name)

[Joveice]

I cannot delete the old index.html file there, i don't have permission

[Neil]

You'll need to be root to touch files there.

 

Run your commands prefixed with "sudo"

[Joveice]

yea, but i would like to use the FTP there, i cant sudo ftp is there anyway i can change permissions for it?

[omniomi]

I am having trouble replying... Whenever I try and include the relevant steps it won't save my reply and even told me I was blocked... I think there's filtering that see "chown" on behalf of www-data and is too stupid to recognise it's not an attack.

 

So I put my reply on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/gxn550fN

[Joveice]

I am having trouble replying... Whenever I try and include the relevant steps it won't save my reply and even told me I was blocked... I think there's filtering that see "chown" on behalf of www-data and is too stupid to recognise it's not an attack.

 

So I put my reply on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/gxn550fN

I don't see why i would want to remove ftp.

 

Ok is there anyone that could give me a step by step on how to get a webserver that uses .php and how to install it from start to finish? as of now all the tutorials fails to help, its eather a white page, just php code page, this site does not exist or a corupt linux.

i don't understand anything and as of now the tutorials havent helped at all

[Brenz]

I don't see why i would want to remove ftp.

 

Ok is there anyone that could give me a step by step on how to get a webserver that uses .php and how to install it from start to finish? as of now all the tutorials fails to help, its eather a white page, just php code page, this site does not exist or a corupt linux.

i don't understand anything and as of now the tutorials havent helped at all

 

1) Because FTP isn't secure, and you certainly shouldn't allow it to access any directory other than where the website files are hosted.

 

2) If you don't know how to set one up properly just buy web hosting like everyone else. Your putting your whole network at risk as well as anyone else connecting to it by running an insecure server.

[Joveice]

i don't understand how ftp is insecure when every host site gives you a ftp access and every tutorial says use ftp, so i followed them and installed vsftpd.

im not planing to use more money on this than this computer takes in power its just a prodject