Slicehost has some really nice tutorials and instructions for setting up a Linux server to get a website up and running. I just followed the tutorial for setting up a Ruby on Rails site being server by Apache using Passenger. If this sounds like a foreign language, well the names for software in the FOSS world can be a bit confusing but once involved in the process they become more familiar.
There are four basic steps that I followed:
1. Install and configure the server’s operating system (parts 1 & 2, Ubuntu 8.10 (aka Intrepid Ibex)
2. Install Ruby, Ruby Gems and Rails
3. Install Apache and Passenger and configure them to serve up a Rails site.
4. Make a website
Not too difficult, well, except for step #4! Ha! All told, the entire process takes about an hour (most of that spent downloading, installing and updating the software).
Hey Shane.
I’ve not had any experience with servers,but it would be a fun project to run a website.
What kind of system requirements are necessary to run a basic web server?
I have an extra Desktop that I built a while back that I can maybe use.
I have experience with Ubuntu, but by no means am I familiar with all the console commands and shit.
Think I could pull it off?