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Timothée Floure, 03/12/2020 12:09 PM


Ungleich Static Web Hosting

This document concerns end-users/customers. See The ungleich static web hosting infrastructure page for server-side documentation.

Status

This document is in a DRAFT.

Overview

Our static web hosting offer is dead simple: you get an SFTP-accessible storage share which is served by a dual-stack (IPv4+IPv6) NGINX web server.

TODO: explain why static hosting is AMAZING.

FAQ

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: (soon)
  • Port: 22
  • Username: your ungleich username
  • Password: your ungleich password

You can use the cross-platform FileZilla (S)FTP client if you do not know where to start.

Q: Can I use SSH keys?

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

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/.

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. You will first have to set:

  • An A record for IPv4, pointing to ???.
  • An AAAA record for IPv6, pointing to ???.
  • ... or (instead of A and AAAA) a CNAME record point to ???.

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

We use NGINX and can reasonable features / configuratiob on demand.

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, Hugo, Pelican, Hakyll, ...) * Use a static website generator intended to standard end-users (Publii).

Updated by Timothée Floure over 4 years ago · 4 revisions