Complete beginner to servers and really need getting started

[silman]

Hey there!

This is my first post on XAMPP forums, i have a CentOS box and just installed XAMPP for linux on it but i am completey new to servers. My original plan for this computer was turn it into a webserver and fileserver so i can host my websites from home and access files i place on the server. But i need a lot of help getting of the ground! Where do i start? I have learned HTML, CSS, and Javascript and i am planning on learning PHP and MySQL ( and a little bit later i want to learn Perl, Python, and Ruby on Rails to see which server side scripting i like the best). But i don't know how to get my websites hosted on the computer!

So i know im kinda fumbling around but i guess i am trying to do the following things and need help:

- Host my own webpages on the internet
- Transfer files to the server remotely ( so i can develop websites on my laptop and transfer them to the server so the websites can update while im on the go)

The second major problem i have is trying to get the server to listen on a different port. I have a residential address so a lot of ports are blocked and even when i forward them they are still closed so i need to make the server listen on a port that i know is open. Is there a guide to do that?

Sorry if i'm asking for a lot but i am very excited to get started! Thanks so much!

P.S. Is there a way to have CentOS have icons on the desktop? I can't access the control panel because i dont know how to access it.

[silman]

For some reason port 80 is OPEN!!! This is great news because i have been trying to get it to work forever now!

but i am getting this when i - or anyone else - goes to my ip address:

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?php if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && ('on' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'])) { $uri = 'https://'; } else { $uri = 'http://'; } $uri .= $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; header('Location: '.$uri.'/xampp/'); exit; ?> Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-(

what does this mean?

[JonB]

- Host my own webpages on the internet

ummm - ? put then in /htdocs?

- Transfer files to the server remotely ( so i can develop websites on my laptop and transfer them to the server so the websites can update while im on the go)

ahhhh - FTP???

next to last -

but i am getting this when i - or anyone else - goes to my ip address:

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?php if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && ('on' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'])) { $uri = 'https://'; } else { $uri = 'http://'; } $uri .= $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; header('Location: '.$uri.'/xampp/'); exit; ?> Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-(

what happens when you go to http://localhost?


Finally -

For some reason port 80 is OPEN!!! This is great news because i have been trying to get it to work forever now!

but i am getting this when i - or anyone else - goes to my ip address:

XAMPP/LAMPP was designed with development in mind - therefore it is minimally secured. Therefore, you should secure it before you start port-forwarding.








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