New
#1
Type Of Computer
Okay this question is going to take some input from networking people as well, so let's roll. I would like to host a website (apache, php, mysql and phpadmin) on my home computer and host two websites from it. Now comes the operating system. Of course I have several choices to make and ways to go. The bottom line is, I still need my home computer to play my two games as well (maybe 3). I know alot of you might say, wouldn't it be easy to just use a hosting site. Yep your are 100% correct. However, because of money <----biggest factor in the project is the problem. Everything else is 2nd. I have actually put a website up on the internet for $75.00, which was the cost of the raspberry pi. Will because things got bigger, now my computer needs are getting bigger.
My first question tho, putting my raspberry pi behind a VPN, does a VPN take alot of CPU power? The reason why I'm asking is because I know we have some VPN people in here that can answer that. The raspberry pi runs at 1.5hz, has 8GB's of RAM, and is very low in power, and I'm thinking about putting this entire home network behind a VPN. The new router I'm getting because my gateway/router from AT&T will not allow me to do some stuff so, I'm getting a NETGEAR Nighthawk R7350 AC2400 Router: Fast Beamforming Wi-Fi for Gaming, 4K UHD Streaming. 2400Mbps, 2500 Sq Ft, QoS, Dual Core, 2.4 + 5GHz, 5 x GIGABIT + USB 3.0 Port, Smart WiFi Router R7350-NAS which comes with VPN service. But I would prefer to build my own VPN, which I can, but it depends on how I mount my websites.
Second question: Do I build the websites and get them hosted on my home computer then add the VPN or the other way around?
Thanks