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h1. Ungleich Static Web Hosting 

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 *%{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.