How to make a sever in java run on a website?

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

Hi,
I have written a simple chat program to get a grasp of sever-client networking in java with help from outside resources. I now want to test this on my website but I do not know how to get the server on the website. For some reason I cannot find this information anywhere.

How do I get the java server of a chat program to run on my WebPage?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance

#2

You need either a Virtual Private Server (VPS) or a dedicated server.

You can also host from home, if you setup your NAT tables in your firewall.

#3

Is there anyways to get it to run off my current bandwidth I have with a server?

What about a servlet? Could this be the answer to my problem?

#4

You need root access, if you want your own JRE.

#5

Thanks for your help.

What about hosting from home what would I need to do to get that going? Also, what are my limitations, if I have Verizon Internet how well do you think a simple application will perform?

Will I have to set aside one of my computers for a server and reformat everything or just run it from a desktop?

Thanks in advance for any information.

#6

would be a good idea to set aside 1 computer to act as your server/webserver .
you dont need to reformat it.

#7

Thanks, do you know any information on the limitations of doing this? Like will the sever be really slow?

#8

not had chance to test on large scale but seems to be coping quite well with a few connections.
limitations is being on a slow 10mb connection rather than on a 100mb connection.
if you have enough computers maybe a seperate machine for webserver and seperate machine for game/chat server

#9

Let’s say you have this 10mbit connection, then your upload is probably 1mbit, or 100KB/s.

You can imagine that this could be very slow, unless you’re not doing that much I/O, like when you’re hosting a simple chatroom.

#10

Ic
Thanks for the information I will have to test this myself.