Web Server on Android

[SteamyTea]

With some chat going on about not buying American, has anyone tried doing this.

 

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/host-a-web-server-on-android

 

Seems like a cool idea.

[saveasteading]

  On 22/02/2025 at 12:09, SteamyTea said:

Seems like a cool idea.

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Excuse my ignorance. What is it and why might one want it?

Obv I shouldn't be allowed to do it.

[SteamyTea]

  On 22/02/2025 at 12:13, saveasteading said:

Excuse my ignorance. What is it and why might one want it?

Obv I shouldn't be allowed to do it.

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It is a way to host a website from a phone, so you keep control of it.

Our @DamonHD does something similar with a tiny Pogoplug, which is basically a 'wall wart' that connects to the world wide web.

[DamonHD]

I now run my mail (and DNS and Web ...) servers from a Raspberry Pi 3B in my kitchen cupboard, powered by off-grid solar!

 

https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-Raspberry-Pi-3-setup.html

Edited February 22 by DamonHD

[Sparrowhawk]

Android is a right pain for these kinds of things, see e.g. https://caddy.community/t/running-caddy-2-on-android/13993 for running a webserver on it.

 

I haven't gone far into what other OS's you can install on an old phone, as a second hand thin PC will pull under 7W, costs under £70 and is significantly more powerful.

[joth]

Seems a bit passe to me

DOOM on a lighting to hdmi adapter is where the bar is at

 

 

[SteamyTea]

  On 23/02/2025 at 15:47, joth said:

Seems a bit passe to me

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Can get Doom in a pdf now.

 

  On 23/02/2025 at 13:05, Sparrowhawk said:

as a second hand thin PC will pull under 7W, costs under £70 and is significantly more powerful.

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I run a tor we  server on a first gen RPi Zero W. It is amazingly reliable.

My comment was not about the power, more about keeping hold of your own data and away from America.