Help with Web Hosting Basics??

[glow_bug]

Hi,

I'm trying to learn more about web hosting. If you guys could point me in the right direction that would be wonderful. Are there any good web sites or books I should look into?

Thanks for all the help.

GB

 

[err]

Here's some suggestion:

Good TCP/IP book
Good DNS Server book
MS Win2K server book
IIS Book
Redhat Admin book
Apache book
Samba book
Good Database book, maybe SQL or MySQL or Access
Some Perl knowledge
cgi & asp would be helpful
and of course Hardware book to troubleshoot your webserver

Lots of stuff to learn
I work in Webhosting co and these are my daily feed I still have much to learn though.

eRr

 

[WoundedWallet]

Geez err, are you trying to scare the guy?

To get started all you really need is a basic understanding of DNS. Which you can get here http://www.stamey.nu/DNS/Default.asp

If you use a MS OS then you can follow their own wizards and you'll be hosting in no time.

Now be aware that you will have an insecure site. So learning the things that err listed plus a little about firewalls will be important if you plan to keep the site going for a while.

 

[Nullity]

If you don't really have Windows NT/2k experience and run only Win9x, I would try out Apache Win32 port. Apache is one of the easiest HTTP servers to set up. Check it out: http://www.apache.org

Null

 

[err]

Well .... webhosting is a complex thing I guess.. You would need to keep up with your customer's needs and wants. Thus the need to understand as much and as wide a topic as you can.

However WoundedWallet is right, to start off, you just need to learn the webserver/OS of your choice and some TCP/IP & DNS servers



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