Hosting software for a dedicated - Hardware & Software

Hey, I'm getting a dedicated server soon to host my servers. I don't want to have to pay for a VPS to host the website, so I'd like to just do it on the dedi. What software will I need to direct the domain names to the box, provide the web server, etc. Thanks.

you need to buy a domain name (unless you just want a free one), apache for the webserver, use linux for the os

Exactly what yumy said.

Buy a domain. (Can be bought from multiple sites. it should be arround 10dollars a year) For a webserver Windows [url]http://www.wampserver.com/en/[/url] If your dedi will run linux you should be able to find decently recent verions of PHP/MYSQL/APACHE using. yum/apt-get

I can also suggest WampServer, it's not as bloat as XAMPP and still does most the things you'll ever need. Then again, depending on you got a static or dynamic IP, you'd also need a dynamic DNS service, I can suggest [url=http://www.dyndns.com/]DynDNS[/url]. If you're lucky and your router supports DynDNS, you don't even need to download the update client.

[QUOTE=Torekk;24590247]I can also suggest WampServer, it's not as bloat as XAMPP and still does most the things you'll ever need. Then again, depending on you got a static or dynamic IP, you'd also need a dynamic DNS service, I can suggest [URL="http://www.dyndns.com/"]DynDNS[/URL]. If you're lucky and your router supports DynDNS, you don't even need to download the update client.[/QUOTE] He is hardly going to have a dynamic IP

[QUOTE=Torekk;24590247]I can also suggest WampServer, it's not as bloat as XAMPP and still does most the things you'll ever need. Then again, depending on you got a static or dynamic IP, you'd also need a dynamic DNS service, I can suggest [url=http://www.dyndns.com/]DynDNS[/url]. If you're lucky and your router supports DynDNS, you don't even need to download the update client.[/QUOTE] OP doesn't sound like he's gonna set up a Windows home server

He didn't really gave much information, a dedicated server can also be a home server. And he never lost a word about the OS he is going to use. I was just trying to be helpful, no need to comment on it then.

Sorry if I havn't been clear here. I've already bought the three domain names I need to host. I need one of them directed to a main directory and the two others to be pointer domains to subdomains of the main domain. I will also want to setup subdomains that point to the gameservers. (roleplay.zambeez.net can be connected to in a steam game) The dedicated server is a rented dedicated server in a data center, hence multiple static IPs at my disposal, which I would also like to redirect to a page when connected to on port 80. (The gameservers are on ports 27015-27050) I'm running windows server 2008 std. Will WampServer do all the domain name, subdomain stuff? Will it be able to take a couple hundred visitors a day without much overhead? Cheers.

[QUOTE=Kill coDer;24599847]I'm running windows server 2008 std. Will WampServer do all the domain name, subdomain stuff? Will it be able to take a couple hundred visitors a day without much overhead? [/QUOTE] Probably gonna take the visitors, but not handle the domain stuff. Also, why Windows and not Linux?

[QUOTE=Kill coDer;24599847]Sorry if I havn't been clear here. I've already bought the three domain names I need to host. I need one of them directed to a main directory and the two others to be pointer domains to subdomains of the main domain. I will also want to setup subdomains that point to the gameservers. (roleplay.zambeez.net can be connected to in a steam game) The dedicated server is a rented dedicated server in a data center, hence multiple static IPs at my disposal, which I would also like to redirect to a page when connected to on port 80. (The gameservers are on ports 27015-27050) I'm running windows server 2008 std. Will WampServer do all the domain name, subdomain stuff? Will it be able to take a couple hundred visitors a day without much overhead? Cheers.[/QUOTE] IIS 7 is also an option for websites and PHP works very well with it. Just set up the bindings for your domain names. [editline]11:43PM[/editline] [QUOTE=esalaka;24599936]Probably gonna take the visitors, but not handle the domain stuff. Also, why Windows and not Linux?[/QUOTE] Depends on the OP's Linux skill. If you're not some guru at the subject, running it would be counter-productive when things go wrong since you'd have to find out commands from google, whereas Windows will give you buttons to click in most cases.

Well, I run a home web server on an old HP slimline PC. To get the domain working I used [url]http://freedns.afraid.org/[/url]. Obviously it isn't the best way, but it works.

Use IIS. It works fine.

[QUOTE=Kill coDer;24599847]Sorry if I havn't been clear here. I've already bought the three domain names I need to host. I need one of them directed to a main directory and the two others to be pointer domains to subdomains of the main domain. I will also want to setup subdomains that point to the gameservers. (roleplay.zambeez.net can be connected to in a steam game)[/QUOTE] The IP / Directory the domains / subdomains point to should be able to be set in the control panel on the site you rented the domain from. you should host something like this then www/1 www/2 www/3 then point the domains / subdomains to SERVERIP/<Some number> [quote] The dedicated server is a rented dedicated server in a data center, hence multiple static IPs at my disposal, which I would also like to redirect to a page when connected to on port 80. (The gameservers are on ports 27015-27050)[/quote] Most applications are only capable binding to 1 ip. If you want it to show a page of every ip the only option would be to set up a webserver for every ip. [quote] I'm running windows server 2008 std. Will WampServer do all the domain name, subdomain stuff? Will it be able to take a couple hundred visitors a day without much overhead?[/quote] If you got ISS with it use that, its just as good.

It's not my skill with linux that's important, it's the fact that I need to use TCAdmin and that only comes for windows. I got the domains from namecheap.com, so I just need to setup A records to direct the domain name to the box, then use ISS to setup the subdomains.