Hosting Sharepoint

[willshow21]

Hi all,
Apologies, but I am very new to this.

We currently have a website hosted by our ISP (say example.com)

We have two servers
-windows 2000, which is the domain controller and file server
-windows 2003, which hosts a SQL db.

On the windows 2003 server I have created a MS Sharepoint application. This can be accessed from computers in the office, but I want it to be accessible from the outside, on sharepoint.example.com, so I want the 2003 server to host sharepoint.example.com.

How do I go about doing this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[djtech2k]

Keep in mind that if you do this it will be vulnerable to outside attacks and the entire server could be compromised.

If you want to make it public, then you will need to make sure that your firewalls will allow port 80 traffic to this server. If that is possible, then you will need to setup your public DNS name so that it points to the server or firewall to where your server is connected.

For example, lets say that your public DNS name example.com currently points to your firewall/router. You can setup your firewall/router so that port 80 traffic is passed thru to your server. So then if you were on the internet and went to example.com, then it would pass that request to your server and display the pages.

 

[willshow21]

Well the thing is that our primary website (example.com) is hosted by a hosting company. So I could get them to create a DNS record for sharepoint.example.com, that would point to our server.

But as far as I know we have only one static ip address for the network. You're saying I should change my firewall or router settings to pass anything requesting port 80 to be passed to the windows 2003 server?

Please elaborate on this as I really am only a beginner.

 

[djtech2k]

I am saying that that is one possible solution. You could also put your server in a DMZ if you have one available.

There are many ways to do this, but I think forwarding the traffic on that port OR using a DMZ is easiest. If you do put it on the internet, I may suggest at least using a different port instead of 80. A different port at least gives you a little more security.

 

[willshow21]

Thanks again for your help djtech2k. I think thata forwarding the traffic is the best option.

Not that I have a clue how to do it!

 

[djtech2k]

Good Luck.

 

[willshow21]

I suppose the real question is how to create access from the internet, or basically how to host your own website.

I have no experience in this... can anyone help, or point me to an article or something that can guide me?