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Tips on managing a local server

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:52 pm
by JellyFish
Hi,

I just installed WampServer on my laptop in order to test php applications locally. I'm very new to locally hosting a server (I've only developed on shared servers from godaddy). Does anyone have any tips on what to look out for, as far as security goes? Also, how do I get familiar with Apache? And how do I get familiar with the PHP and MySQL binaries? What are the sort of things involved when it comes to administrating a server? Anything on this particular subject is very much appreciated by me.

Thanks for reading.

Re: Tips on managing a local server

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:00 am
by Doug G
Keep all your software updated.
Know exactly what ports are used by your server and why. Understand your firewall.
Don't expose your server to the outside internet until you understand the above.
Don't trust any user input.
Know how to backup and restore your server.

There's a lot more.

Re: Tips on managing a local server

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:58 pm
by JellyFish
How do I learn all of this? How do I know which ports are being used on my computer? What's there to understand for my firewall? I don't really plan on ever exposing my server to the outside ever, it's just for testing.

Re: Tips on managing a local server

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:45 pm
by JellyFish
Actually, I might occasionally put my server online so I can test other environments.

Re: Tips on managing a local server

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:29 pm
by JellyFish
I configured my router port forwarding and now I can access my server online. However I or someone else can't access the server from another computer. Why would this be the case?

Re: Tips on managing a local server

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:48 am
by VladSun
What do you mean by "now I can access my server online"?
What do you mean by "I or someone else can't access the server from another computer" - LAN or Internet stations?

Please, post the network topology in both cases.