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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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How to host a single website on multiple geographically-diverse servers

I currently have 2 servers, using cPanel/WHM. The first one is a VPS hosted in London (we'll call it "international") and the second one is a dedicated server located in my country (we'll call it "local"). "local" will have unlimited local…
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difference between DEDICATED SERVER and VPS

what is the difference between them or they are same ?
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Redirect loop in GoDaddy web hosting

My friend has a domain (let's call it myfriend.com) registered in GoDaddy, he also uses GoDaddy's web hosting service. The problem is, when we enter http://myfriend.com/ We got the following error message in Chrome: This webpage has a redirect…
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Scalable WordPress Host for High-Volume Site?

I need recommendations for a scalable web host for a high volume WordPress web site. For my purposes, high-volume might be 100K-500K visitors/hour. Might think towards a 1M/hour burst rate as a "high water mark." I know WP isn't the…
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Site loads very slow if I use IP and works normal when I use Domain Name, Why?

I have a server and I'm using it as web server, I have a web site hosted in it In a web browser when I access it using the IP address the site loads very slow, but when I access it using Domain Name (mysite.com) it loads normally Why the site loads…
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Best way to put sites on host but not publicly accessible

I have started working on a new website, I would like to put it on the server such that some people could see it but not publicly available. I put it on the server and removed the DNS record on the server, and edit the .hosts file on machine which…
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Web hosting 101?

I've had a simple web page for years now, but it's all static HTML and I'm ready to do something more ambitious. I realize though that I have a lot of ignorance in this area, and I'd like some references for learning as much as I can on the…
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SQL/IIS (Classic ASP) Web Application Performance Optimization

We have a Classic ASP web-application that we are hosting with a 3rd party hosting provider (Rackspace). We have ~ 100 databases on a SQL server and around the same number of websites on a Web-Server (IIS). Does anyone have any tips for optimizing…
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I need to move part of my website to another web server, how can I do this and keep the same Domain & URL?

I need to move a section of my website to another server because it is taxing our current web server. However, I cannot afford to lose page rank on any pages within the section of the site that must be moved. Furthermore, the URL of the pages must…
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Best way to install multiple versions of Apache, PHP and MySQL on a single FreeBSD host

I want a test- and development-environment for web using Apache, PHP and MySQL. I need to be able to test a single web-application with multiple versions of PHP (5.2, 5.3, etc) and multiple versions of MySQL (5.0, 5.1, 5.5, etc). It shall be hosted…
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ASP.NET Security Exception when Switch IIS7 to Use UNC Path for Content

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box running IIS7.5 with Medium Trust configured for ASP.NET. When I have the website running from local content (e.g.: c:\inetpub\wwwroot) everything works fine. When I change IIS to use a UNC path for the content…
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Detecting what causes the delay between entering a domain name and load of the page

My website takes awfully long time after entering the domain name and before the content starts showing up. I assume this is something to do with the dns resolution or the networks. How do I go about troubleshooting this problem? Where do I start…
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Recommended way to manage Apache web servers

I've been tasked with migrating a bunch (20-or so) websites, some with SSL certificates, some with databases, from an old server to a new server. The servers in question are dedicated hosted linux boxes (old one is RedHat, new one is CentOS), and…
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Strange behaviour when creating/deleting subdomains

This can be a DNS cache issue from my local machine, but I am not sure. This is what happens. I have a domain that does not use wildcard subdomains, so they have to be created. Without creating the domain, and I point my browser to test.domain.com,…
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Can I have a SSL certificate for direct IP access?

Is it possible to have a SSL certificate for access directly to an IP, and not through a hostname? Eg, can I purchase an SSL certificate to make https://1.2.3.4/ work without giving a security warning?
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