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Introduction
"No Cost" Option:
Use web.mit.edu
"Some Cost" Option:
Run a content-less webserver
"Some Cost" Option:
Let W91 do it
"Last Resort" Option:
Do-it-yourself
Webserver management essentials
Useful links
Example: webmail.mit.edu
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Webserver management essentials
Whether you run your own webserver, use one
that is run by someone else, or hire someone
to run yours, here are some things that need
to be done on an ongoing basis:
- Keep the system hardware and operating system
up to date
- Watch the system logs for indication of problems
- Keep up with security advisories and apply fixes
- Keep the webserver and its underlying software up to date,
monitor logs, keep up with security advisories, and apply fixes
- Make sure updates don't break website
- Make sure automatic startup and shutdown of webserver and its
underlying software work properly
- Continually check such things as: disk full, certificate expired,
unusual activity
- Generate a daily report to show that the website is working properly
- Monitor performance to plan for future capacity issues
- Troubleshoot problems in a non-invasive way; it is
necessary to have a good test environment for any production website
- Have backup and contingency plans working and tested
- Consider using a persistent url which you publish, such as
http://mit.edu/mylab . That will provide a link to your
actual website, which you can easily change. (If you publish
http://mylab.mit.edu, and you have to change it, people
and old bookmarks may have a hard time finding the new url.)
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