6. Web Server Configuration

 This wizard will simply let you specify if your web server will be disabled, visible from the local network, from the external network (generally the Internet) or from both. Check the appropriate boxes as shown in Figure 9.6, “Defining the Web Server Visibility”.

Figure 9.6. Defining the Web Server Visibility

Defining the Web Server Visibility

[Warning] Warning

If your server network parameters are provided by DHCP the web server might not function properly if set to be visible from the Internet.

Then you can enable the feature which gives users the option to maintain their own web sites, available from the http://server_name/~user/ URL. The directory where they store their sites (public_html, inside the user's home directory, by default) can also be changed if this option is checked.

Finally you can specify the directory where the files to be served by the server will be stored, known as the Document Root. To publish your web site, simply put the files in the chosen directory. You can connect to your web site as soon as the wizard is finished through the http://localhost/ URL.