Originally Posted by
beautyepic
Yes it is possible for you to host a website on your local computer as long as your ISP Internet service provider allows it.
Typically a website is hosted on a server which is also a computer and is on 24 hours a day seven days a week so this is something that you will need to consider when choosing to host your website from home it can often be cheaper just to get a shared hosting account which will cost about five dollars per month.
Also consider the security protocols that you will need to implement in order to protect other computers on your network. You would have to open up your network to be accessed and this can be an issue is not properly configured.
You might also face bandwidth issues if your website becomes popular and you receive multiple concurrent connections that can slow down your website and potentially cause your ISP to throttle or suspend your account.
You will also need to ensure that your domain name is properly mapped to your IP address.
You can host your website using any operating system from Linux, Windows or even Mac computers. Generally I like hosting my websites in a data center and using a Linux distribution dedicated solely to the role of being a Web server. You can choose Centos or Ubuntu server which are both great options.
Ultimately it's more affordable to host a website on a Web server in a data center especially since it isn't that expensive.
Hopefully this helps and good luck.
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