如何将web.py服务器打开到Web？

Question

I would like people on the web to be able to enter something into the address bar of their browser and use the web.py app I have written. I have it working properly when I type localhost:8080/app but I want other people to be able to use it, with my home computer acting as the server. I know this must be an obvious question (the package is called web.py, after all), but I haven't been able to figure out exactly what steps to take to make that happen. I guess the link would need to be to my IP address, rather than a URL? Do I need to configure my router somehow?

Answer 1

First you need to find your external IP google("what is my IP")

Second you need to set up a port forward on your router to redirect traffic from an external port to an internal port.

After the port forwarding is complete you should be able to navigate to http://<your external ip>:<port>/

Answer 2

First you need to set up port forwarding on your router: Configure it so port 80 of your router forwards to port 8080 of your computer. (You can find your computers internal IP-address in your operating systems network config) You might also need to set your computer to use a static IP-address and disable DHCP.

Then other users will be able to access your server via your routers external IP-address. You can find out your external IP here . You might also want to set up a Dynamic DNS address so others can still access the server when your external IP-address changes. An example of such a service is noip

As long as you're just doing some basic testing using your own computer is good enough but once you're running a real web service you should consider using a paid external webhosting service to improve security, reliability and performance.