Description: why you want to get in to homeserving
Summary: Introduction to homebrewserver.club fundamentals
Status: published
Category: fundamentals
slug: 001
This series is a starting point for people looking to host their own on-line services from home. A good place to start is by reading the [homebrewserver.club principles]({filename}manifesto.md) on to understand why we make the choices we do. Then have a look at the [hardware guide](hwguide) or [setting up a server behind your home router.]({filename}portforwarding.md)
Summary: Installing a web server on your homebrew server
Author: hbsc & friends
Status: published
slug: 004
TODO:
* add good dns registry reference
* certificate renewal certbot
[TOC]
##Introduction
Ever wanted to host your own website from the comfort of your own house? Ever wondered how to achieve this? Search no further! This guide will help you with the installation and configuration of web server software, which is what allows a computer to start handling HTTP requests and serve web content in response.
Besides helping you with the installation, this guide will help you getting the right certificates, configuring your server and publishing your homebrewserved website.
Besides helping you with the installation, this guide will help you getting the right certificates, configuring your server and publishing your homebrewserved website.
## Some background knowledge.
## Some background knowledge
So first off, what is the web, what is a web site and what is a web server?
First off: what is the web, what is a web site and what is a web server?
The web is the single most known part of the internet. Because of that, it often happens that 'the web' and 'the internet' become conflated. Therefor it often becomes a bit hazy to state what the difference is between the internet and the web. Generally speaking 'the web' is only the part of the internet that we interact with with a web browser. More technically speaking, the web is the part of the internet that runs on port 80 and port 443 and that uses the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
The web is the single most known part of the internet. Because of that, it often happens that 'the web' and 'the internet' become conflated. Therefore, it often becomes a bit hazy to state what the difference is between the internet and the web. Generally speaking 'the web' is only the part of the internet that we interact with with a web browser. More technically speaking, the web is the part of the internet that runs on port 80 and port 443 and that uses the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
Websites are text documents that are formatted through HTML, CSS and JS. These three technologies tell the webbrowser what the structure of the page is, how it should be laid out and what kind of interactions are possible. Websites are transmitted using Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, which is why we usually type them like so `http://homebrewserver.club`.
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- A spare computer.
- A basic understanding of the command line.
- An [ssh server and client](demystifying-ssh.html) installed
- A registered domain name
- A [registered domain name](https://www.pcworld.com/article/241722/how-to-register-your-own-domain-name.html)
- Have an available power socket next to your router.
- An ethernet cable to connect your server to the router.
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$ sudo a2enmod ssl
```
### Certificate renewal
Your certificates expire after a period of time. You can, however, automate renewal by adding a [cron job](https://www.ostechnix.com/a-beginners-guide-to-cron-jobs/) that schedules when the specific renewal command should be run.
Start by running:
```bash
sudo crontab -e
```
Add the following:
```bash
5 55 0 * 5 /usr/bin/certbot renew
```
This means the certificates will be renewed every week on Friday at 05:55. You can of course edit these times according to your preferences!
Save your changes and exit the editor.
Time to restart Apache and load all of these changes!
## index.html
At this point, when typing https://mydomain.org into your browser, you're greeted with a page that looks a little something like this:
At this point, when typing https://mydomain.org into your browser, you should be greeted with a page that looks a little something like this:
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