Maybe you are a nub, maybe you are not, it doesn't matter, let's host a website on Banana Pi.
My website can be found http://projectbananapi.ddns.net/ (it is hosted on Banana Pi)
To edit the settings, go to
Forward port from 80 to 80
to IP of your Banana Pi
Google this if you do not get it. It is self explanatory, but it may be confusing. I am not really in the mood to write a guide for every router in the world:)
Hope you enjoyed my horrible humor
and i am not telling you to like my blog or my channel, but please do it if you don't feel like it.
https://plus.google.com/+projectbananapiblogspotz/about
My website can be found http://projectbananapi.ddns.net/ (it is hosted on Banana Pi)
Overview
Apache2 is a software that can host websites! Yay! And with a Banana Pi, we can host multiple websites from your home for free. This guide will walk you through on how to:
- Install Apache2 on Banana Pi
- Build a website
- Upload a website
- Configuring settings for a website or multiple sites
- Setting up an URL for a website
- Setting up Port Forwarding for a website
- Going to your website on Chrome
Installing Apache2 on Banana Pi
This step is not hard and I think you can even do it without a brain! I have wrote previous guides on how to do this and I will share it with you here.
To set up Bananian
To set up Apache2
Building a Website
Building a website is fun and might be just a little challenging for those who lost their brains, but I think it can be managed without brains also!
There are many different programs and formats for a website and I recommend a basic html website with css and javascript. It is the foundations of most websites and it has unlimited potential. (unless you want to make a forum or link databases)
The Weebly Way
If you have no brains, type "weebly" in a search bar and press "enter". Click on the first link that appears and follow the instructions on the page. You don't even have to host it on Banana Pi!
The DIY Way
Download a template or start from scratch and make a html document. I suggest w3 templates since they are free and pretty decent too. Open up a html editing software like Dreaweaver and edit your way around the html tags.
<h>here is what will be displayed and it HAS to be followed by</h>
<p>this is a smaller version of what will be displayed</p>
the labels here correspond to a section in style.css
.h {
color: 5f5f5f;
}
and you can see that it specified that the color of "h" is "5f5f5f" which is a grey.
Uploading a Website
Go back to my guide if you are reading this line
Basically just install FileZilla and make an entry with the local ip and logins of your Banana Pi.
Configuring Settings
On Bananian navigate to
cd /etc/apache2/
lsNow you can see the file directory for the Apache2 application (it is not where your website is uploaded)
To edit the settings, go to
nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-defaultNow be careful, here is where all the configuration takes place. You will already have texts in here and what is important to take out is the below lines. Below is ALL you need to have in your configuration. I went out of my way to find the simplest way to make it work:)
<VirtualHost *:80>and the only thing you need to change is the ServerName. Change it to the domain for your website.
DocumentRoot /var/www
ServerName projectbananapi.ddns.net
<VirtualHost>
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.comand to host multiple websites on different domains, just add another entry starting with
<VirtualHost *:80>and fill in the rest accordingly.
Setting up URL
If you do not have a domain, then get a free one
Google noip and you will find a free domain name service, add a new host and you are good to go.
Do not change any settings, just specify the domain name and your public IP
Find your public IP by searching "my ip" on google and it should look like
- 63.248.288.16
and you will get a sub domain like below from noip
- iamawesome.ddns.net
This is the URL you will put in your configuration
Setting up Port Forwarding
Go to your router's configuration page, it is usually
192.168.0.1or
192.168.1.1Under QoS or NAT, there is a port forwarding option
Forward port from 80 to 80
to IP of your Banana Pi
Google this if you do not get it. It is self explanatory, but it may be confusing. I am not really in the mood to write a guide for every router in the world:)
Going to Your Website on Chrome or FireFox or Spartan(you know what)
Open up your browser and type in the noip address without "www"Hope you enjoyed my horrible humor
and i am not telling you to like my blog or my channel, but please do it if you don't feel like it.
https://plus.google.com/+projectbananapiblogspotz/about
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