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Questions tagged [web-hosting]

The setting up and running of a server to serve web pages via the internet or LAN. Where you are not the administrator of the server the questions may be best asked on webmasters.stackexchange.com (for example if using shared hosting).

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Two hosting providers running simultaneously... possible / not possible? good practice / unnecessary?

For the sake of their reputation, I won't mention the names. But I'll just use: Business I worked for previously - ABC Web Dev Hosting company they used - XYZ Hosting I recently found out that XYZ Hosting had some sort of incident where they ended…
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Is it technically possible to have ns records external to webhost for reduncy on shared hosting

The way I know commercial hosting on shared servers is like the following: 1)ns records with web host 2)I have to configure the domain with my registrar to have the ns records hosted by web host But how will it work if I wanted the ns…
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What ISP Do Webhosts Use?

What ISPs do the servers used to host large scale websites or companies go with? Or are they somehow directly connected to the internet?
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Personally identifiable information (PII) on shared web hosting

Hey folks, I am providing web hosting services (shared and dedicated) and have had one of my shared hosting clients mention needing an SSL cert for their site where they are collecting insurance quotes in a form, including names and social security…
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Apache hosting two sites on the same domain

I want to host two different websites on the same domain, example: DocumentRoot /var/www/www1/ ServerName my.domain.com ... DocumentRoot /var/www/www2/ ServerName…
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Should I consider amazons EC2-cloud service as a hosting solution?

I need a small server, that gives me root access, which I will need to install debian on. It will mainly be used as a git server and a mail-server. This would be mainly for personal use (teamwork in small dev-groups). Does it make sense to use…
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Domain name to web hosting (DNS set up)

Now this is really basic. I've read about how DNS works. There are also some questions at ServerFault that talk about complex DNS configurations and stuff but my problem is that I don't get the basic of it. My question is pretty simple, even…
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What's the fastest way to server a single static webpage from a single server in memory?

Been dealing with growing demands for system resources on a website, and got me thinking: What's the fastest way to server a single static webpage from a single server in memory? Feel free to ask for clarifications, basically trying to reduce the…
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Will having 3 servers + load balancer help in my situation?

I want to upgrade my server because of the high mysql loads causing slowness + whenever there were backup processes running on the DB, the DB would be inaccessible, so wanted some solution. My current server is an Opteron 2212 with 8GB RAM. My web…
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Using the same service for hosting AND domain name registration?

We're having a site setup at a very good hosting provider, but I'm thinking if its a good idea to transfer the domain name to them as well. On the pros side, it should be faster + less hassle from the management point of view. On the cons side, it…
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formalizing centralized web hosting in a University setting

Our Foobar University is currently in the planning stages of moving their web hosting services to an enterprise hosting automation panel system like Plesk or cPanel. Is anyone out there in a University environment that has gone down this path and…
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How do you find a good shared web-hosting company?

I'm not looking for people to tell me what the best web hosting companies are - I know that's verboten. But a lot of people need to choose one, and it's a real challenge. Many of the "review" sites are biased, many of the forum comments are…
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How to enable web-dav with shared hosting?

I provide shared web-hosting for my customers. PHP works with fast-cgi, ftp access is also no problem. But how do I enable web-dav for my customers? Every customer has its own uid and gid. Apache uses for webdav its own uid/gid.
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How can I Measure the Amount of Data Transfer for My Website?

Hello im trying to find out the ammount of my data transfer in and out? im building a website like cnn.com or cnnsi.com that kind of site, but i dont know how to messuare how many kilobytes will charge everytime that a user enter to my site, i mean…
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Advice for novice looking to host ASP.NET MVC website on windows server 2008

As context, I have recently built a website using ASP.NET MVC that is backed by SQL Server 2005 database. I am now looking to host this on a dedicated server and have found a suitable web host. So far so good. As this is my first website I have…
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