Amazon S3 now allows administrators to host simple web sites. Previously, you could host images, videos and other files using S3 buckets, but now you can host full sites. To do so you will need only configure a webroot and some error documents. To get started: Log into the Amazon S3 Management Console Right-click on an Amazon S3 bucket Open the Properties panel Configure your webroot Click on the Website tab Configure error documents in the Website tab Click Save Pretty easy, right? But what if you need to configure the php.ini file or add MIME types, etc. Notice that at the start of this I said “simple.” I’m sure more…
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Dreamhost
So my buddy Eli told me about his web host, which I’m actually seeing a lot of traffic on various lists about so thought I should mention. His quote: http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting-panel.html Check out the demo panel, its pretty nifty. Still no better than running webmin/cpanel, but not nearly as obtuse because it allows Dreamhost to split roles onto several servers under one panel. Ie, Mail goes on one server, Web on another, MySQL onto another shared server, all under one set of admin pages. And although you cant mess with the shared host config settings, you are able to SSH in to your own account and run amok with your own files. Still, I like…
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Web Hosting Primer
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal When you start a new hosting environment, you will probably handle many of the tasks that you will likely want your clients to handle later down the road. There are many products that help to ease the administrative burden of a shared hosting environment. These products empower users of your services to create their own accounts and perform other administrative tasks using easy to navigate web portals. • cPanel and Plesk are server management software solutions designed to allow administrators to create Reseller accounts, Domain accounts and email features. Administrators have the ability to assign users rights to various aspects of their hosting environment.…