Hosting a site on my iBook.

[Hummer]

I was wondering if it is possible to host my domain on my ibook and get mail and everything. Is this possible? And if so how can I do it?

 

[DannySmurf]

Sure. IIRC, every Mac comes with a copy of Apache (and if not you can download it for free). Here's an article about getting it set up (it's for OSX 10.2, so it's a bit dated but it should all still apply to 10.4):

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/23/jaguar_server.html

 

[jsw]

Just remember that it'll only work as long as the iBook is connected to the Internet on a known/knowable IP and not sleeping/off.

 

[Hummer]

I found out how to do it, but that site doesn't really give much instruction on how to point my domain to my machine, anyone know how?

 

[realityisterror]

If you want to do it for free, I recommend either DynDNS or No-IP.

These won't give you clean domain names for free, only subdomains, but I believe No-IP has a paid option for domain names.

 

[ITASOR]

If you want to do it for free, I recommend either DynDNS or No-IP.

These won't give you clean domain names for free, only subdomains, but I believe No-IP has a paid option for domain names.

I use the free DynDNS with my Linksys WRT54G (it has an option in the prefs to setup DynDNS with my dynamic IP), and I love it! Works great.

 

[Hummer]

I already have a domain registered. I was wondering if I can use that.

 

[jsw]

I already have a domain registered. I was wondering if I can use that.

Odds are, no. You'd need at least a static IP address. Do you have one?

 

[Hummer]

Odds are, no. You'd need at least a static IP address. Do you have one?

I have a dynamic IP.

 

[jsw]

I have a dynamic IP.

Then you won't be able to use a registered domain name, as that would require a static IP for the Domain Name Servers to use. Unless, of course, someone more knowledgeable than me can come up with a solution.

Edit: FWIW, ASO will host you for $25/year. Pretty decent if your bandwidth requirements are low.

 

[Hummer]

I got it to work with my domain with my dymnamic dns. Thanks guys.