How do you launch a website on a local machine?

Question

Network administration

I used hosting all the time to display sites on the Internet.
When developing, I used local web servers that did not give access to this site.
But recently I was at an enterprise where they use their own computer as hosting and the site is on it, but the domain was already purchased from the provider.
How interesting is it all set up and how is the domain redirected to the local server?
Is it difficult?

Answer 1

What's the difference between hosting and own computer?
The main thing is that the IP is static. Or use some din-dns

Answer 2

In the same way as on the hosting server - the DNS A record contains the address of the server.
For this to work, it is necessary that either the server has a white IP, or on the router, and port 80/443 is forwarded to the server.
If the address is white, but can change, you can use various DynDNS options, but this is not very suitable for the normal operation of the site - so showing someone in the development process will do...

Answer 3

Zhen, look for information on how to configure Open Server to access the Internet. He knows how to do it. I have not practiced it myself, but I know that many developers do this. I have a friend who works for an office and they do it this way. Instructions are 100% on the Internet.