How do I set up my own web server using Ubuntu Linux?

I'm sick of having to spend my hard earned cash on renting 60 gb of a hard drive on someone else's computer!





I've got a server ready to have Ubuntu installed, but I don't know where to begin with setting it up as a web server





What do I do?





Is there any security software that I need? (Though I suppose that's a silly question because Linux is so secure anyway)





I know that many ISP's don't like you uploading tonnes of data, but I never get all that much traffic anyway.





If I do start getting lots of traffic, I'll change ISP!

How do I set up my own web server using Ubuntu Linux?
Setting up a web server (or any other server for that matter) is way too complex for this forum. Try the Apache web site (below) for installing and configuring Apache.
Reply:I'd think you'd need a static IP address first... or look into dyndns.





Apache Web server


PHP for Apache (or whatever scripting language you want)


MySQL?





You'll need to use Synaptic Package Manager to install these packages. (System-%26gt;Administration-%26gt;...)





Do a google search on how to get started with Apache, to see how to configure the server and where to put your files.





Btw, I have an account with titaninternet, which costs me £120 a year. Tech support is excellent and their statistical tool is pretty cool.
Reply:See the link below for the guide to setup your own server.
Reply:ok.......this is a complex issue, for starters the security of linux is not automatic......the security of the os im more baecause most ppl who use it know what they are doing, second when you say that you have a server ready you mean you have instaled 60 gb of redundant disk space on a pc, instaled linux, then instaled a second NIC, and now you wanna configure linux? are you gonna use this machine as your mailserver as well? i recomend that you build a no network network first then experament.