Host a website from my Amiga - Apache?

gurth · 31 January 2024, 08:54

Is it possible to host a basic website from my Amiga?

It is “online”.
I can sort out routing from my home ADSL router and internal network.
Can sort one of those dynamic DNS things too.

I think there is an old version of Apache. Is there anything else?

A500 + 030 + 128Mb + 3.1.4

Daedalus · 31 January 2024, 09:50

Yep, it's possible, and there are a few people who have been doing it for many years. One that I can think of is Ryu's Bambi Amiga, which is an '030-powered A1200.

There is an older version of Apache as you said that also has PHP support, ARexx can also be used for server-side scripting. Obviously this has all sorts of security implications, so just be aware of that.

For simple stuff there's also W3S, a simple and efficient web server written entirely in ARexx. I have used this in the past for simple Amiga-powered home automation and it works very well. Again, ARexx can be used for server-side scripting, which makes it very powerful.

31 January 2024, 08:54	#1
gurth Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Halifax Posts: 225	Host a website from my Amiga - Apache? Is it possible to host a basic website from my Amiga? It is “online”. I can sort out routing from my home ADSL router and internal network. Can sort one of those dynamic DNS things too. I think there is an old version of Apache. Is there anything else? A500 + 030 + 128Mb + 3.1.4

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31 January 2024, 09:50	#2
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,343	Yep, it's possible, and there are a few people who have been doing it for many years. One that I can think of is Ryu's Bambi Amiga, which is an '030-powered A1200. There is an older version of Apache as you said that also has PHP support, ARexx can also be used for server-side scripting. Obviously this has all sorts of security implications, so just be aware of that. For simple stuff there's also W3S, a simple and efficient web server written entirely in ARexx. I have used this in the past for simple Amiga-powered home automation and it works very well. Again, ARexx can be used for server-side scripting, which makes it very powerful.

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