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Hi All, I'm setting up a webserver and I'm a noob when it comes to. I will be doing my own research but just so I can direct my energy (and money!) on the right references, can I have your suggestions on: 1. Beginner's Guide 2. Definitive Reference when it comes to a. Setting up b. Maintaining webserver/website. I am planning for the website to be interactive and not just plain html. Also, please don't limit your suggestions to books, websites will also be good. Thank you and have a nice week ahead! -- modified at 20:59 Sunday 25th February, 2007
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
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Hi All, I'm setting up a webserver and I'm a noob when it comes to. I will be doing my own research but just so I can direct my energy (and money!) on the right references, can I have your suggestions on: 1. Beginner's Guide 2. Definitive Reference when it comes to a. Setting up b. Maintaining webserver/website. I am planning for the website to be interactive and not just plain html. Also, please don't limit your suggestions to books, websites will also be good. Thank you and have a nice week ahead! -- modified at 20:59 Sunday 25th February, 2007
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Don't do it. If you are planning to create a web server that is publicly available then you will need more then just what references can teach you, you need experience. I would advise you use a hosting service to host your website and learn by example. Also what language and platforms are you planning to use?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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Don't do it. If you are planning to create a web server that is publicly available then you will need more then just what references can teach you, you need experience. I would advise you use a hosting service to host your website and learn by example. Also what language and platforms are you planning to use?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Thanks mate. I am weighing whether to use IIS/Asp.Net or Apache/Java (then there's CSS and a myriad other technologies). Since I am a C#/MS developer I have bias towards the former. I have registered a DNS but I thought if I host it myself I would learn more from it (I'll just use a dynamic DNS host). Yes I would like to do hands on hence I've bought all the necessary h/w and the DNS service but still it would be great to have some references. One that is for beginners and another definitive. Cheers! DC
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
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Thanks mate. I am weighing whether to use IIS/Asp.Net or Apache/Java (then there's CSS and a myriad other technologies). Since I am a C#/MS developer I have bias towards the former. I have registered a DNS but I thought if I host it myself I would learn more from it (I'll just use a dynamic DNS host). Yes I would like to do hands on hence I've bought all the necessary h/w and the DNS service but still it would be great to have some references. One that is for beginners and another definitive. Cheers! DC
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Well, You are about to embark on a journey fraught with danger. It's one thing setting up the server to run, but it's another thing when the banshee's arrive and start attacking the server, and believe me they will arrive in a matter of days, it is then that unfortunately no amount of books, references etc. will prepare you for, and you will be spending most of your time trying to figure out what they have done, instead of actually learning. I think what you have to decide is what do you actually want to learn? To you want to learn how to code and deploy a website? Or do you want to learn how to defend a web server? Sadly learning how to do both will take plenty of time and effort. I found this book invaluable when it came to IIS 6.0 IIS 6.0 book
Kind Regards, Gary
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Hi All, I'm setting up a webserver and I'm a noob when it comes to. I will be doing my own research but just so I can direct my energy (and money!) on the right references, can I have your suggestions on: 1. Beginner's Guide 2. Definitive Reference when it comes to a. Setting up b. Maintaining webserver/website. I am planning for the website to be interactive and not just plain html. Also, please don't limit your suggestions to books, websites will also be good. Thank you and have a nice week ahead! -- modified at 20:59 Sunday 25th February, 2007
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Web development is one thing; running and securing a web server is another. If you want to run a web server and understand how you can lock it down, instead of hosting it at a service provider, maybe the following links can point you in the right direction. Be prepared for getting some unwanted attention, and spending some time to deal with it. http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878\_11-5055458.html http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/iis/tnt1-40.mspx http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing\_Securing\_IIS\_Servers\_Part1.html http://www.washington.edu/computing/support/windows/UWdomains/IISsecchecklist.html http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14\_gci1015581,00.html If you want to just run a web server that you and a few people known to you wants to access, you can use a port other than port 80. Also make sure that only the web server port remains accessible from the Internet. Go through the web server logs regularly. A hardware firewall may be good to have, but not essential. After all, if you have problems that take up too much of your time, you can just block the port, take down the webserver, and host it on a hosting service. It might also be a good idea to capture incoming packets (you won't have too many) using Wireshark so that you understand what kind of traffic your webserver attracts. If you have the time, I will recommend that you do this. It will enhance your skills for sure. But, if you are interested in just getting a web presence and not in understanding how to run an Internet facing server, you better use a hosting service. IIS or Apache -- the issues are the same. Your windows background makes IIS ideal. Checkout Ruby on Rails also. http://www.rubyonrails.org/. Paul Watson is the resident expert on this subject. Thomas Thomas
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Hi All, I'm setting up a webserver and I'm a noob when it comes to. I will be doing my own research but just so I can direct my energy (and money!) on the right references, can I have your suggestions on: 1. Beginner's Guide 2. Definitive Reference when it comes to a. Setting up b. Maintaining webserver/website. I am planning for the website to be interactive and not just plain html. Also, please don't limit your suggestions to books, websites will also be good. Thank you and have a nice week ahead! -- modified at 20:59 Sunday 25th February, 2007
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
I'd suggest a book which i have: Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 -- its a Microsoft Press Resource Kit book, very informative. If your on vista or longhorn however you may want to look for a version 7 book, IIS has changed a great deal, the management console especially. I'd suggest going with ASP.net if your a c# developer, Java will just p*ss you off to no end.
-- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.