Answer to Question #129984 in Programming & Computer Science for Anonymous

Question

Can we make our laptop or pc a server and host a website on it?

Answer 1

First of all, you need to stipulate goals:

- server OS;

- the purpose of the server;

- server software (what should be inserted there).

First point. OPERATING SYSTEMS. I still recommend Linux. It is more stable in work and there are no such problems as in small software. But if there is an application specific to Melkosoft or programs, you need to leave Melkosoft.

Second. Server appointment. There are options: gaming, web, and so on. If for the Internet, then you can use Linux under a container (this is definitely better than virtual machines! Less load on the main OS). If a game, then some of the games can be run from under the Linux container.

Third. BY. Everything is in your thought and power.

From virtual you can use a lot of different things. There are XEN (xen.org), VirtualBox (Oracle.com), QEMU (like qemu.org), KVM (can't remember). These are the most common. In fact, there are more of them. Not everyone works with melkosoft. In addition, if you have a newer Intel processor, then on Windows 10 and such a processor there is a Hyper-V server initially (look in the Windows settings). This is the same XEN, but under Windows. These are all pretty heavy things - the guest OS works inside the host.

There is easier. As I call it - container shipping. Joking. In fact, these are the latest achievements. Much easier than virtual machines. But they work just as well. On my home computer with AMD Phenom II and 8 GB RAM, I ran 3 at once. I didn't load it much, but the software worked out. Containers work under Linux and Windows, but everywhere the basis is Linux. Representatives of containers are Docker (docker.com) (it works for me) and Kubernetes (like kubernetes.com). The first is simpler, the second is somewhat simpler, somewhat more difficult. At work, they do the same thing. But since you have melkosoft, then on the melkosoft website you can find another container from melkosoft - Azureus. Docker, Kubernetes, and Azureus all work on Windows. There is also AWS (from Amazon) and a bunch more. Now all more or less large offices have their own container. So you will find it. I recommend the container. If you cannot cope with the container then and only then the virtual machine.