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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Nginx - Serve proxy pass target as IP instead of internal DNS
I frequently use Nginx as reverse proxy for deserving all my internal hosted applications.
Most of the time, these applications are called with a IP-based address & everything works well.
This ...
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Static website I am hosting cannot be reached and the server IP cannot be found
I recently used Google Domains to register a domain and have connected it to Google Cloud Console to manage a static website. I followed the Google Codelabs guide to set it up and faced no issues. ...
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Is it OK to have Hostname domain different than the Nameservers domain?
I was wondering if hostname domain and nameservers domain can be different on my server. I have always kept them the same but now that I am moving my server, I do not want my clients to have the ...
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AWS architecture for dynamic web server
I'm designing the architecture of a web server with some dynamically generated html pages and hosted in Amazon AWS.
Obviously, I can do from scratch: create some AWS EC2 virtual machines and install ...
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What do the numbers mean in awstats report? [closed]
Under the "Links from an Internet Search Engine" in "Connect to site from" section, there are lines like
Google .com 0 / 24
What does the number 0 and 24 mean?
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How to issue a SSL certificate for a domain I do not own
So I'm building a multi-vendor PHP shopping cart application that runs on *.mydomain.com.
Now here is the problem, I host many stores on a wildcard subdomain *.mydomain.com. I'd like store owners to ...
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Setting up dnsmasq as resolver for local domains, forward others to campus nameserver
I'm tearing my hair out trying to setup dnsmasq. I'd like to be able to resolve certain local domains (just as a test) to my own machine, and forward the rest to my regular DHCP nameserver that's ...
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dig: parse of /etc/resolv.conf failed
I tried using dig and I got the error in the title.
My /etc/resolv.conf is this
nameserver 67.207.67.2
nameserver 67.207.67.3
nameserver ns1.name.com
nameserver ns2.name.com
nameserver ns3.name.com
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DNS issues with Cloudflare & Netlify
I have a domain name example.com that I've had for years for my web design business. The registrar is GoDaddy, I have my DNS hosted at Cloudflare and I'm wanting to create a new site with Netlify. I ...
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Redirect IP to other IP
Good Evening everybody!
we have moved our website onto another server. Previously it was hosted on AWS. Now we are having the issue that we do not have access to our DNS settings due to some ...
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Database and Importing
I am building a website which has database so it necessary to import database into the server ? What will happen if I don't import and keep on the local machine ?
I haven't tried it but I would like ...
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Will an E5-2660 be a major improvement over a Q9550 for a webserver?
I have an old production server that runs Debian on a Q9550 CPU. I want to upgrade the server but I am on a very tight budget. I can't spend more than around $600. I can get a refurbished HP ProLiant ...
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Apache ProxyPass-ing Multiple Locations
I am currently having issues trying to use Apache to act as a reverse proxy for the front end of our application and our backend API.
For example, if a user hits the URL https://my.app.com/ they ...
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how to change DNS out side hosting user area [closed]
Hosting company banned me because of my nationality
i can't access my hosting account and change website DNS is there any method to do that out side hosting user area? i lost my access to account and ...
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how to choose server that can handle about 1 or 2 million visit of my website [duplicate]
I am building website using Angular and .net core, some modules will be written in python
I have searched on hosting specs and know the difference between them and I am comfortable for dedicated ...
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2 or more web servers share one static ip
I got 1 static Ip from my ISP.
I got 2 NS (from NS provider)pointing my domain name towards my wan IP.
My question: How do I get server1.domainname.td to reach server 1 inside my network, server2....
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website IP changed for a while
After multiple research for a solution, I couldn't find a way to resolve my problem other than ask for your help.
So, recently i had changed my web hosting from lws to websitewelcome, and from time ...
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What needs to be considered when choosing a distro for Web App Hosting?
What should you consider when choosing a distro for Web App Hosting?
I want to host my node.js web app on an AWS EC2 instance and I am at the part where they essentially ask what operating system I ...
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Can IIS be prevented from serving HTTP requests for an IP address (rather than URL)?
TL;DR Can IIS be prevented from serving requests to an IP address (e.g. https://12.34.56.78) while continuing to serve web site URL's?
We have a physical dedicated server hosted by a UK hosting ...
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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 ...
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How do I host a subdomain?
I'm not sure why I've had so much difficulty finding an easy answer to a fairly common task. I'm sure there are easy answers, and I probably haven't been asking the right questions. I'm obviously not ...
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Route websites with separate hosts to main domain and subdiretory
I have two websites I inherited for one organization: example.com and sub.example.com. The main website is through a hosting provider that only allows access via their WYSIWYG editor. The subdomain ...
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Keep URL safe from search search engine results [closed]
I've tried to ask this a few times but I think readers are missing the problem, so I'm rewording it.
I'm aiming to create a set of online TRUE lifestyle zines - Meaning that they cover a number of ...
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CentOS running out of space for website files
Disclaimer: I know my way around Linux, but I'm out of the loop for a while.
I have a CentOS 7 server where I host a couple of my small websites in /var/www/website1, /var/www/website2 and so on. Now ...
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How a large database website is made to handle many different services? [closed]
In many websites, they can offer a variety of services.
For example, on https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, there are
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/
https://www....
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What is the minimum web storage when creating a 500 user email accounts? [duplicate]
I have a client that needs a website and an email server. Web hosting provider nowadays offers a package of domain registration, web hosting and email hosting.
Now, my client needs to create at least ...
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How to clear a cache of Web site in server
I developed a website. It has been hosted in google cloud platform.I was required to change the banner of picture of the home page of website. I changed in server but It showed previous banner picture ...
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How to host nodeJS website
I looked through some hosting websites (https://www.fastcomet.com and https://www.hostinger.com) that claimed they support nodeJS. When they list features, however, nodeJS never appears. Instead, they ...
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How do you have multiple websites on one ip address with no dns(raw ip address)?
I have two private websites that are running on different devices, that I want to use but aren't using a DNS, so the web pages that I am using are on the same Ip-Address. How can I get the contents ...
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nginx+gunicorn+django SSL not working, on Chrome it gives ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR, which is "This site can't provide a secure connection."
I've just finished setting up an nginx+gunicorn+django web server (after having virtually the same problem with apache2+wsgi+django), and confirmed it works perfectly over http. After running ...
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What are the best practices for setting up webservers? [closed]
We are a Web Development Agency based in NZ and we host websites for around 300 clients.
We are looking to migrate these websites from our old servers onto something more modern. We have looked into ...
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ProCurve Switch 5406zl isolate VLAN for web hosting
Need to host company website in internal network using existing hardware. Still learning how to do things...
All VLAN's can talk to each other. How can I isolate VLAN250 from the rest of the network ...
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Deleting email that already sent and received by receiver
I'm kinda new and have the very basic knowledge for server, so I hope I'm not posting the question in the wrong place here. (and I'm not a native English speaker so bear with me)
So the question is,
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WAF and CDN issue with IIS
I am using GoDaddy's Website Application Firewall (WAF) and Content Delivery Network (CDN) which is similar to sucuri with an IIS hosted website. However, I have run into some trouble ever since the ...
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Some people get 403 Forbidden, most do not?
Some people and services receive a mysterious 403 forbidden page when surfing to my website https://rauch.io, e.g., when trying to use https://onlinecurl.com/ to curl my page it succeeds, obtaining a ...
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How are web hosting companies able to give everyone public IPv4 addresses
I've a few web applications on AWS/Linode/Digital Ocean/Hostgator's VPS instances and each has an IPv4 address. As I understand it, APNIC and ARIN distribute IP addresses and new hosting companies ...
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Serving multiple web apps in same IP different Ports with Apache2
I have multiple web project in the same VPS as below:
/var/www/html/
│---webapp1/
│ │---public/
│ │ │---index.php
│---webapp2/
│ │---public/
│ │ │---index.php
│---index.html
I want to ...
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Why do hosting services like SquareSpace require CNAME records in DNS settings, when pointing a domain to the Squarespace servers?
I pointed a domain https://www.example.com to https://www.example-2.com by updating the @ and www A Records in the DNS settings of https://www.example.com, to use the IP address of https://www.example-...
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Automation to spin up EC2 Volumes (dedicated machines) for each webproject
I'm planning to set up a sort of private hosting environment for me and my webprojects and am wondering if there is a great/easy solution to spin up new ec2 volumes (always a dedicated volume/machine) ...
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How do hosting companies get domains to sell to users?
How do hosting companies get domains to sell to users?
I want to know how web hosting companies get their domains to sell and do they get them free.
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I am trying to run NGINX on 8080, the server is not showing the index page. But 80 its working
I am trying to run NGINX on 8080, the server is not showing the index page. But 80 its working. I did a sudo nginx -s reload but getting no response on my browser. trying to access the using https://...
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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 ...
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How to transition from a local Django development server to a restricted public test server?
I am working on a website that should not be open for public viewing. I'm currently developing on my local computer using manage.py and runserver.
However, I want to make the site publicly accessible ...
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Initializing windows server 2019 for hosting multiple website multiple domain names and single IP
I want to set up a virtual machine to host windows server 2019 to host multiple websites in IIS 10. Each website can be reached with a domain name for example:
www.website1.com
www.website2.com
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What could cause Nginx to write this much I/O?
I have a high-traffic webserver (up to ~50 page loads per second) running nginx, which passes HTML requests to a PHP-FPM backend and serves static assets directly.
Under this load, I get a curiously ...
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Gandi Domain Name to OVH web host: mails are not delivered
I recently moved a web site to a new web host (OVH), while keeping the same domain name (handled by Gandi for a while).
In the Gandi configuration panel I modified the name servers, so they point to ...
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One domain, one wordpress system, different locations, different servers, low bandwith
I have a website with a low bandwidth (like 80.000 views per month, 1 mega or so every page) but that offers products to clients all over the world. A very specific business.
The server is located in ...
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strange character ? added at the end of URL
I have a very very strange thing only on some websites.
I have restarted the server where many websites are hosted (for maintenance reasons) and after reboot, some websites only have a ? at the end of ...
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spam from sites on same hosting company: huh?
I'm running a public wiki (MediaWiki) on a VPS from a hosting company (a2 hosting) and I'm using reCaptcha v2 to prevent spam content.
Recently, I've noticed spam articles that have slipped by. They ...
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DNS hosting, is it inneficient?
There are DNS hosting services that let you set records for your domain. For example you can set A record to point to your webhost IP.
But most of the webhosts also allow you to set A records.
Would ...
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