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How I set up a pseudo demo server

Craig Kaneko

noviembre 07, 2007

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So a couple of weeks ago, Ivan and I were trying to figure out how he could let his friend hit his Liferay tomcat without having to set up a demo server or using adobe acrobat connect. Basically, he needed the fastest way for someone to hit his local box from outside his network (China to US). A week earlier, I stumbled upon this tool called Hamachi, which allows you to create private vpn networks quickly and easily.

Download it here: http://www.download.com/Hamachi-Basic/3000-2651_4-10633554.html

What we did was this:

We installed Hamachi on both our boxes.
I “created a new network” called Liferay and added a password.
Ivan “joined an existing network” called Liferay and entered that password.
The Hamachi client displayed both the Liferay network and also our “new” ip addresses for our machines.
Ivan started up his Liferay bundle
I then entered in http://5.35.87.107:8080, (5.35.87.107 being “ivan’s new ip” instead of localhost)
I was able to hit his local Liferay tomcat

You can transfer files using start > run > \\5.35.87.107 and you can also use vnc viewer to have remote access to your box. This is a really cool tool, especially if you’re running a home webserver. More posts to come on the exact steps that I took to get my Liferay site up at home using a dynamic ip through my cable provider.

Here’s another link that explains Hamachi: http://lifehacker.com/software/vnc/geek-to-live--secure-vnc-with-hamachi-228862.php

Enjoy!