Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (Cyborg)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo

CIRCLE WITH A DOT

  1. Home
  2. Uncategorized
  3. Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?

Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Uncategorized
homelabsparcretroselfhostedopenbsd
19 Posts 7 Posters 0 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD darkosubotica@hachyderm.io

    Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?

    Spoiler: Yes. Yes it can. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

    I got my Sun Netra X1 running OpenBSD + httpd serving actual web traffic.

    Full writeup: https://rup12.net/posts/can-my-sparc-server-host-my-website/

    #homelab #SPARC #retro #selfhosted #OpenBSD #Cloudflare #vintagecomputing #sysadmin #Sun

    steffeng@hachyderm.ioS This user is from outside of this forum
    steffeng@hachyderm.ioS This user is from outside of this forum
    steffeng@hachyderm.io
    wrote last edited by
    #10

    @darkosubotica I see what you did here ๐Ÿคฃ

    darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD 1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD darkosubotica@hachyderm.io

      Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?

      Spoiler: Yes. Yes it can. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

      I got my Sun Netra X1 running OpenBSD + httpd serving actual web traffic.

      Full writeup: https://rup12.net/posts/can-my-sparc-server-host-my-website/

      #homelab #SPARC #retro #selfhosted #OpenBSD #Cloudflare #vintagecomputing #sysadmin #Sun

      soviut@hachyderm.ioS This user is from outside of this forum
      soviut@hachyderm.ioS This user is from outside of this forum
      soviut@hachyderm.io
      wrote last edited by
      #11

      @darkosubotica It's literally called a "server" and it's from 2001, in time for the first dot com crash. I'd be more surprised if it COULDN'T host a website!

      These were the halcyon days for web servers that probably cost $30,000 brand new.

      darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • steffeng@hachyderm.ioS steffeng@hachyderm.io

        @darkosubotica I see what you did here ๐Ÿคฃ

        darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
        darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
        darkosubotica@hachyderm.io
        wrote last edited by
        #12

        @steffeng We're all 486

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • soviut@hachyderm.ioS soviut@hachyderm.io

          @darkosubotica It's literally called a "server" and it's from 2001, in time for the first dot com crash. I'd be more surprised if it COULDN'T host a website!

          These were the halcyon days for web servers that probably cost $30,000 brand new.

          darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
          darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
          darkosubotica@hachyderm.io
          wrote last edited by
          #13

          @soviut the challenge here is making sure the OS and the stack is new enough to be exposed to the scary portion of the internet!

          soviut@hachyderm.ioS 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD darkosubotica@hachyderm.io

            @soviut the challenge here is making sure the OS and the stack is new enough to be exposed to the scary portion of the internet!

            soviut@hachyderm.ioS This user is from outside of this forum
            soviut@hachyderm.ioS This user is from outside of this forum
            soviut@hachyderm.io
            wrote last edited by
            #14

            @darkosubotica Yeah, great article!

            By the way, you left some PII on the one chip ๐Ÿ˜‰

            darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD 1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • soviut@hachyderm.ioS soviut@hachyderm.io

              @darkosubotica Yeah, great article!

              By the way, you left some PII on the one chip ๐Ÿ˜‰

              darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
              darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
              darkosubotica@hachyderm.io
              wrote last edited by
              #15

              @soviut that must be from the previous owners! ๐Ÿ˜… Oddly the chip had no thermal paste once I opened it up!

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD darkosubotica@hachyderm.io

                @humanhorseshoes oh my! How do Pentium chips vanish? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                markstos@urbanists.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
                markstos@urbanists.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
                markstos@urbanists.social
                wrote last edited by
                #16

                @darkosubotica @humanhorseshoes Like a truckload of clogs vanish. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/bedrock-sandals-stolen/

                humanhorseshoes@mastodon.worldH 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • markstos@urbanists.socialM markstos@urbanists.social

                  @darkosubotica @humanhorseshoes Like a truckload of clogs vanish. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/bedrock-sandals-stolen/

                  humanhorseshoes@mastodon.worldH This user is from outside of this forum
                  humanhorseshoes@mastodon.worldH This user is from outside of this forum
                  humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world
                  wrote last edited by
                  #17

                  @markstos @darkosubotica more useful than a pile of intel crap

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD darkosubotica@hachyderm.io

                    Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?

                    Spoiler: Yes. Yes it can. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

                    I got my Sun Netra X1 running OpenBSD + httpd serving actual web traffic.

                    Full writeup: https://rup12.net/posts/can-my-sparc-server-host-my-website/

                    #homelab #SPARC #retro #selfhosted #OpenBSD #Cloudflare #vintagecomputing #sysadmin #Sun

                    collectifission@greennuclear.onlineC This user is from outside of this forum
                    collectifission@greennuclear.onlineC This user is from outside of this forum
                    collectifission@greennuclear.online
                    wrote last edited by
                    #18

                    @darkosubotica reminds me, I have a SPARC stored in the attic. Should try this ๐Ÿค”

                    darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD 1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • collectifission@greennuclear.onlineC collectifission@greennuclear.online

                      @darkosubotica reminds me, I have a SPARC stored in the attic. Should try this ๐Ÿค”

                      darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
                      darkosubotica@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
                      darkosubotica@hachyderm.io
                      wrote last edited by
                      #19

                      @collectifission yes you should! ๐Ÿ‘

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
                      Reply
                      • Reply as topic
                      Log in to reply
                      • Oldest to Newest
                      • Newest to Oldest
                      • Most Votes


                      • Login

                      • Login or register to search.
                      • First post
                        Last post
                      0
                      • Categories
                      • Recent
                      • Tags
                      • Popular
                      • World
                      • Users
                      • Groups