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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Are there any hosts that use openstack?

http://www.openstack.org/ I'm looking for a good cloud hosting company with utility style costs (paying for how much bandwidth, hard disk, cpu is used.
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How to identify if my website DNS is A-Record or CNAME?

I am really a novice in network terminologies. Can you let me know how to identify if my existing website DNS is A-Record or CNAME? I have access to the web-server, so I will be able to verify the configuration settings.
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What is the typical maintenance required on a LAMP server?

I am in the process of setting up an Ubuntu LAMP server (cloud hosted) to run a few small websites. I am in the process of configuring the security settings, etc. Once I have it ready for production what types/amount of maintenance will I need to be…
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Windows/IIS Hosting :: How much is too much?

I have 4 Windows 2003 servers running IIS 6. These servers host a bunch of unique web sites (in that they are all different in build/architecture/etc). The code behind these sites range from straight HTML, classic ASP, and 1.1/2.0/3.x flavors of…
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Choosing a Host -- Reseller or VPS?

I'm developing a common-interest social networking community which is soon ready for release. I need some advice on what type of a hosting plan will best fit both my emerging website development company and my new (hopefully high-traffic) online…
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Processor: more cores or higher clock for webhosting with MAMP?

I want to buy a Mac mini for webhosting with MAMP. I'll use Apache with PHP and MySQL. I have the choice between: 3.6GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i3 and 3.0GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz) What is the…
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How to reset google apps account while transferring from godaddy to gmail?

I have a domain name and website on godaddy, and i used this tool to transfer my mails to gmail https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/google/gmail%5Flogin.asp After using this, i didn't receive any confirmation mails from google and can't create a google…
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How to retain domain name in url - Configuring Virtual host in apache 2 with aws linux instance

I'm trying to configure virtual host in apache2 in ubuntu instance hosted with aws and successfully redirected the requests to the appropriate website. Further clicking on the links on the index page changes the url in the browser to…
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IIS6 host multiple websites under same sub-domain (or something similar)

I'm trying to figure out a structure for a hosted application that i'm working on. I've got a domain lets call it app.company.com (a sub-domain company.com of course) that is setup to redirect to my IIS 6 web server. I would like to set up one…
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Configuring reverse proxy with mod_proxy rules using only .htaccess file

I am trying to connect website (which is share hosted) to a remote server, so that when I access http://example.com/test/ it will display the results from http://remote-example.com/ (which is a web app server) The web hosting provider only allows me…
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What is the effect of stopping an AppPool on currently executing requests?

It is my understanding that asking an AppPool in IIS to recycle will give currently active requests 90 seconds to complete before they are abnormally terminated by the recycle request, while no longer accepting new requests. What about asking an…
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nginx keeps answering with the 'default nginx site' despite it being removed from config

I was hoping someone could help me with this strange problem. On a 'clean' server install, I have the following "website.com" and nginx configs, yet if you try to go to the http version of www.website.com, it renders the default nginx page, instead…
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Where can I find free web hosting for my Perl application?

I'm learning Perl and I wrote a simple application which I want to host. I would prefer free hosting, because as I'm just learning and my project is very simple.
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PCI Compliant hosting? (able to take credit cards)

I've been using 1and1 hosting for a while now and overall I am satisfied with their level of support and the ease of use of their admin panel. However, I'm going to be branching out from just doing my PC repair stuff into doing some e-commerce... In…
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Web Hosting -> Servers -> All dropped in my lap.. HELP!

First, some background: I work for a small company that does IT. Recently I have become the "web developer" as a value added for the clients we support. The business had a guy who set up a web hosting company about a year ago (before i got here)…