Advice of cheap/free online server

Sun Mar 30 17:15:03 EDT 2014

Thanks for this.

Yes, eventually I will need to make it accessible over the internet.
With this method am I true in assuming I will be able to connect to the MySQL Database on my server over the internet?

Sorry if this is a dumb question. I just haven't done anything with non-local databases. 

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Subject: Re: Advice of cheap/free online server

If you're planning to make your server accessible over the internet...
Dynamic DNS solves the problem of the normally non-static IP addresses handed out by ISPs. I just recently signed up at http://duckdns.org/ so I can predictably ssh into my on-rev accounts without needing to have a whitelisted IP. On-rev support whitelisted my DDNS domain name instead (which is actually a free subdomain at duckdns.org) instead of my current IP, and now all is right with the world. At least that world.

Phil Davis

On 3/30/14, 7:49 AM, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D wrote:
> Hi Nakia,
>
> you only would need a domain name if you want to make your "server" accessible from the internet. And even  then you do not need a domain.
> If you have a static ip from your isp you could use these ip address to connect to the server. Or if you have a dynamic ip address from your isp you could use a  free dynamic dns service where you let your server automatically update that ip every time you get a new one from your isp.
>
> Matthias
>
>
> Am 30.03.2014 um 08:45 schrieb Nakia Brewer <Nakia.Brewer at westrac.com.au>:
>
>> Okay,
>>
>> Thanks.
>> I figured for testing I could install it on my local machine and I would be off. Going further forward though maybe I can install this on an old windows PC I have, buy a domain name and I have my own 'server' environment that I can use for my small programs I build..
>>
>> Am I correct with this line of thinking?
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On 30 Mar 2014, at 4:58 pm, "Earthednet-wp" <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nakia,
>>> On the Mac, which is the only system I've tried it on, you get a ready to go installation. You can set it to have a different port and local host IP address, so you don't need a domain name. The setup tells you how to do this. I also have an installation on a separate server that I can access remotely, but for testing, it's most convenient on my local development machine. The WAMP version probably is different in many details, but on the Mac, it's ridiculously easy to set up. I created a pretty hairy php code with a debugger, breakpoints and all, where I wanted to tie into a drupal login system to verify a user for a separate application. And I'm pretty crappy with php. I think, if you just jump in and try it, you will be happy, but then it's windows, so.....
>>>
>>> I'd be interested in hearing how the windows installation goes.
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> William Prothero
>>> http://es.earthednet.org
>>>
>>>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Nakia Brewer <Nakia.Brewer at westrac.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks everyone for these suggestions. Guess what I am doing this afternoon!
>>>>
>>>> Dumb question (please don't laugh) if I get this working the way I want and all the stuff I need is small (small database, minimal traffic) can I just keep it on this dedicated PC of mine ?
>>>>
>>>> Guess I just need to buy a domain? Is that correct?
>>>>
>>>> Remember, please don't laugh...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On 30 Mar 2014, at 10:32 am, "Earthednet-wp" <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Google WAMP. On the Mac, it's MAMP. Easy to install, contains Apache, MySQL, and php. You can run it on your desktop computer. Also, free.  Install is trivial. You can install the LC server on it and do your testing. It's so easy I don't know why more folks don't suggest it.
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> William Prothero
>>>>> http://es.earthednet.org
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Nakia Brewer <Nakia.Brewer at westrac.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to learn how to use LC server scripts (try and improve my knowledge and progress my learning) but currently don't have access to a web-server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can some offer some advice for cheap (best free) web server space that I could use to do some testing..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Needs to be able to run LC scripts and MySQL database. I have no 
>>>>>> interest in building a website with this server. I also want to 
>>>>>> use this server to host a MySQL database that a desktop 
>>>>>> allocation will communicate to (I presume I can do this over 
>>>>>> internet? Connect to an online MySQL database from a desktop 
>>>>>> LiveCode application)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any advice someone might have would be appreciated...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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