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How to Build a Static Website on a Raspberry Pi

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 11, @07:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the self-hosting-for-the-win dept.

canopic jug writes:

These days most ISPs allow self-hosting to some extent. Programmer Mira Welner has published a 15-step tutorial to getting a working static web site up and running on a Raspberry Pi:

While tutorials abound in regards to getting a basic webserver set up, there is a difference between a functional server and a good usable website. I've been working on getting my personal site set up over the course of the past five years, spending an hour or so every month working on improving the Pi. I never intended for this personal project to become so lengthy or complex, but eventually I ended up with a fairly robust system for running, maintaining, and editing my website. This tutorial will describe what I've learned throughout the process of creating this site in 15 steps, so that you can use it to create and maintain your own sites.

This tutorial assumes that you already know how to use the command line, and that you have some understanding of HTML and CSS. That is about it.

Any always-on system is going to need to draw as little current as possible, and it is hard to beat a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W which uses under 150 mA. This tutorial stands out as better than most others because of the small details filled in necessary to go from "Hello, World" page to a working, public web site.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by canopic jug on Tuesday March 11, @07:26PM (2 children)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 11, @07:26PM (#1396039) Journal

    It's still low power, but I wrote the wrong unit: the mW there should be mA

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mrpg on Tuesday March 11, @08:41PM

    by mrpg (5708) <mrpgNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday March 11, @08:41PM (#1396051) Homepage

    Fixed, thanks.

  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by ls671 on Wednesday March 12, @12:50AM

    by ls671 (891) on Wednesday March 12, @12:50AM (#1396078) Homepage

    Leaving it in W and fixing the number would have been preferable IMHO since W is what you pay for in electricity. Say that PI runs on 5 V, that would be 750 mW. Or, are you talking about 150mA from the 120V outlet? That'd be 18W.

    See? A is not telling much, converting in W is better IMHO but that's OK I guess...

    Cheers!

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