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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.