digi Posted November 30, 2002 Posted November 30, 2002 Hello, OK,, this is a very dumb n00b question, so please bare with me, I am planing on hosting my own oscommerce website at home, I currently have a clean system installed, (Windows 2000 advanced server), What do I need to install before I get my oscommerce installed on my computer,?? and where whould I go to get it? and extra stuff would you recommed me installing would be great help. also,, do you guys know any website's that teach you how to get your own web/mail server running on windows 2000 advanced server? (I havent got a clue) Any INformation you can give me would HELP alot!! thank you, and have a nice day! Digi *Outlined in chalk everone looks the same* Currently useing OSC 2.2 MS1 running on Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) mod_jk/1.2.0 mod_perl/1.26 PHP/4.3.3 FrontPage/5.0.2 mod_ssl/2.8.12 OpenSSL/0.9.6b
jficarra Posted November 30, 2002 Posted November 30, 2002 From Win2k Advanced Server, you need to install and configure IIS. Then, you'll need to install PHP4 (http://www.php.net). For a database, you'll need to install MySQL (http://www.mysql.com) Off the top of my head, I don't know of any sites you could reference for tutorials on web and mail servers on Windows. You might want to search on your favorite search engine. Perhaps someone else can suggest a good site? IIS is easy to setup....securing it is the bigger problem. Once you get it installed and working, I suggest you run the IIS Lockdown tool available free from Microsoft for starters. You should also install the latest Win2k service pack (Service Pack 3) and apply any post SP3 hot fixes, as well as keep up with any new security holes and subsequent fixes from the MS site. As for a mail server, the commercial ones can get "pricey" on a Windows platform depending on what you want. I don't know of any OpenSource mail servers other than Xmail (http://www.xmailserver.org) for the Win32 platform, and to be honest I haven't even tried Xmail...again perhaps someone else can suggest a decent mail server for Win32? Regards, -Jim :D
mattice Posted November 30, 2002 Posted November 30, 2002 Perhaps someone else can suggest a good site? Doesn't Windows have an F1 key ? :D "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them"
digi Posted November 30, 2002 Author Posted November 30, 2002 Hello, thanks Jim, for pointing me in the right direction! I am going to start installing that stuff, asap. Mattice, windows does have a F1 key, however it does not show anything what i am looking for, :( Perhaps someone else can suggest a good site? Doesn't Windows have an F1 key ? :D *Outlined in chalk everone looks the same* Currently useing OSC 2.2 MS1 running on Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) mod_jk/1.2.0 mod_perl/1.26 PHP/4.3.3 FrontPage/5.0.2 mod_ssl/2.8.12 OpenSSL/0.9.6b
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