Open Infrastructure

h1. Ungleich Static Web Hosting

{{toc}}

*%{color:green}This document concerns end-users/customers. See [[The ungleich static web hosting infrastructure]] page for server-side documentation.%*

h2. Status

This document is *in PRODUCTION*.

h2. Overview

Our "static web hosting offer":https://ungleich.ch/u/products/zerocarbon-webhosting-with-ipv6/ is dead simple: you get an SFTP-accessible storage share which is served by a dual-stack (IPv4+IPv6) NGINX web server.

h2. FAQ

h3. Q: How do I upload files?

We offer you an SFTP interface which is authenticated against our (LDAP) customer directory, which means you can use your ungleich username and password.

* Host: staticwebhosting.ungleich.ch

* Port: 22

* Username: your ungleich username

* Password: your ungleich password

You can use the cross-platform "FileZilla (S)FTP client":https://filezilla-project.org/ if you do not know where to start.

h3. Q: Can I use SSH keys?

Yes! You just have to upload your own @authorized_keys@ file in @.ssh/authorized_keys@.

h3. Q: Do I need my own domain name?

We expect that most people will use their own domain but you can access the files stored under @public_html@ at @https://staticwebhosting.ungleich.ch/~YOURUSERNAME/@.

h3. Q: How do I configure a domain? How many domains can I serve?

You can point as many domains as you want to this service (on demand). You will first have to set:

* An @A@ record for IPv4, pointing to @185.203.114.169@.

* An @AAAA@ record for IPv6, pointing to @2a0a:e5c0:2:12:0:f0ff:fea9:c3c8@.

* ... or (instead of @A@ and @AAAA@) a @CNAME@ record point to @staticwebhosting.ungleich.ch@.

h3. Q: What web server do you use? Can you enable X for me?

We use "NGINX":http://nginx.org/ and can reasonable features / configuratiob on demand.

h3. Q: How can I make a static website?

You have various alternatives:

* Write HTML/CSS by hand.

* Use a static website generator intended to somewhat technical people ("Jekyll":https://jekyllrb.com/, "Hugo":https://gohugo.io/, "Pelican":https://blog.getpelican.com/, "Hakyll":https://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/, "cstate":https://github.com/cstate/cstate, ...)

* Use a static website generator intended to standard end-users ("Publii":https://getpublii.com/).

 

 

 

h2. Deploying static websites with custom domain names

h3. Step 1: Point your custom domain name entries to the staticwebhosting's ips.

As described "here":https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/Ungleich_static_web_hosting#Q-How-do-I-configure-a-domain-How-many-domains-can-I-serve

h3. Step 2: Log into staticwebhosting:

sftp $YOUR_USERNAME@staticwebhosting.ungleich.ch

h3. Step 3: Create your website's directory:

mkdir public_html/$YOUR_FULL_DOMAIN_NAME

e.g:

mkdir public_html/my.beautifulwebsite.com

h3. Step 4: Place your html/css files there

h3. Step 5: Open a support request or ping us via chat to finalize the setup.

Dont forget to include your domain name.