How to make your own server for your website at home?

Question

Server equipment

Hello. The question of creating your own server at home is interesting.
- Is it possible to deploy all this on a regular PC?
- What should be the speed of the Internet (minimum)?
- Where to begin?
- Do I need to install Windows Server / Ubuntu Server?
The server is needed for the simplest business card site. It’s not necessary to write about the fact that it’s better to rent a VPS, because I’m interested in the process of how it’s all done :) I’ll
read your answers with hot thirst)

Answer 1

Install any web server on your PC, configure it to distribute the files you need, buy a white IP address from the provider, set up port 80 forwarding on your home router, buy a domain name from any registrar and add your white one to the A-record of the domain zone IP.

Answer 2

1. you can
2. from 512kb
3. Apache web server or nginx
4. No. It is possible on normal Windows. but my personal opinion is easier on ubuntu\debian. You can stick it on a
virtual machine (PS required)

Answer 3

It's stupid to host a website at home for external purposes. 250 rubles is easier to pay for the UPU.
For local (home or organization) there is little sense (both for educational purposes, and practical application can be thought of).
I recommend training in this order.
1. Take a ready-made WAMP kit (for Windows Apache+MySQL+PHP).
You figure out how to open ports in the firewall and make the host respond to requests from the local area (Listen)
2. You collect the same thing from separate distributions. Put Apache, Muska, PHP.
3. You already train under xUnix (Ubuntu/CentOS/Debian)
4. You understand nginx, memcache

Answer 4

I don’t know how relevant, but a long time ago I used OpenServer with external access and a static ip, for a site / forum on the CS1.6 game.
Quite a working option, I liked it :-)
However, there were problems, the lights were often turned off or the Internet at home, or the PC was glitching. Moved to free beget.

Answer 5

An Answer I Once Wrote
This answer lists all the pros and cons of keeping a server at home.
1. You can. I lived like this for five years, probably
2. For a home site, the speed of the typing does not matter - your uniques will be counted in units, yes, if in tens :)
3. From planning, of course. You need a domain name, you need a white IP, you need to decide where to keep the primary DNS zone - at your place or at the registrar
4. In bubuntu (as in any other linux), the server turns into a non-server with one wave of the hand. But web servers usually live on linux, so it would be better to install.
Don't forget about food and backups. Yes, it's all for you too :)