How can I host a website on my own PC using Ubuntu?

[iampriteshdesai]

I want to host my own website www.xyz.com on my PC.
I haven't got a domain name or anything. But I read somewhere that it is possible. How can I do this?
Apache?
The website should be accessible to other people via internet.
Can this be done using the Home <not server> version of Ubuntu?

[Austin25]

You could run Apache without Ubuntu Server Edition, but I highly recommend Ubuntu Server Edition. Do you have any old computers?

[user1397]

look at the guide in my sig

[iampriteshdesai]

@Austin25 I haven't got an extra PC, just this one...
I have installed LAMP.

@ubuntuman001 Great article. t will i be able to do that on my current Ubuntu for normal PC edition?
Anyway to do it without again installing Server edition?

[Austin25]

Well, it should work, but then it will go down if you computer gets turned off.

[Sporkman]

Your ISP has to not block port 80 as well - otherwise you'd need to serve the site on an alternate port. Then, for port 123 for example, visitors would have to type in:

http://www.xyz.com:123

[Paqman]

Unless your ISP has given you a static IP you'll also need to use a service like DynDNS. That way when your ISP changes your IP, people will still be able to reach your site.

[iampriteshdesai]

Well, it should work, but then it will go down if you computer gets turned off.

@austin25 so do servers keep running even if you turn them off??

[Spice Weasel]

sudo apt-get install apache2

Congratulations, you are running a web server.

[iampriteshdesai]

I have Lamp isntalled, will that affect this apache2?
Doesnt Lamp come preinstalled with apache?