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By: Christian Cawley
Need to run a website but can’t afford the hosting costs?
You could use this link to get a special discount at InMotion Hosting.
Or you could try turning a Raspberry Pi into a web server, which is more than capable of running basic web server software. Best of all, setting it up is simple.
Why Host a Website on Raspberry Pi?
There are several good reasons to setup a Raspberry Pi as a web server.
- Hosting costs are expensive
- Your desktop PC is too expensive to run all day
- Raspberry Pi has a very low energy footprint
- The Pi can be configured as a portable device
- Potential for beating censorship
Whatever your motivation for choosing to host your website on a Raspberry Pi, it can be set up in minutes. Better still, you can use any version of the Pi, even the Pi Zero. If the device can be connected to the internet, you can host a website on it.
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