Configuring the web server

Right click on the default server and choose properties. The following window will show up:



In the description field you can change the name of your server to what ever you want. This will appear instead of Default Website.

All HTTP connection use port 80 as the default port for connecting to a web server but in some cases this port maybe blocked by your ISP in order to prevent you from running your own web server. You can get around this problem by simply specifying another port number, for example 8080.

This port number must however be tagged to your URL otherwise visitors wouldn’t be able to visit your page. For instance, if the URL to your page is http://akmalsafi.easycgimysql.com and you have specified port 8080 then the correct URL would be:

http://akmalsafi.easycgimysql.com:8080

Keep the rest of the fields intact and click on the next flick “Home Directory”

Click on “Browse” and give the path to the folder you want to use as the root folder of your web server, that is to say where you put your pages and other content. Your main page must be located in this folder.
Make your settings according to the figure above. Click on the next flick “Documents” when you are done with the settings of Home Directory.


Check “Enable Default Document” and click Add to add your main page to the list. This main page must be in the root folder of your server. That is the page which your visitors will be seeing when they connect to your server. When you have added your main page move it up by clicking the upward arrow. This will make your main page as the default page of your web server.

Leave the other flicks as they are and click OK to apply the changes you have made. You can now test your web server by writing down the following URL in the address field of your web browser:

http://akmalsafi.easycgimysql.com

Don’t forget to add port number if you don’t have the default port for HTTP connections. It would then look like this in case you have specified port 8080:

http://akmalsafi.easycgimysql.com:8080

If you see your main page then your web server is up and running. In other case go through the guide again and see if you have made any mistakes.

you can't however reach your web server by connecting to akmalsafi.easycgimysql.com:22 from another computer. What you now need is a URL and a URL redirector. You can get both at www.no-ip.com right away and best of all, its free of charge.

The URL you will get will look something like "mypage.no-ip.com" where "mypage" is the name of your page. This URL will be connected to your IP address and in case you have a dynamic IP, that is to say an IP address which changes everytime you connect to the internet, you must download thier Dynamic DNS Update client. This client will keep your IP address updated and make sure the URL to your page connects the requests to the updated IP address.

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Aymal Khan Sapay
Server Administrator
Safis Web

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