Welcome to the Tech Team wiki! This is our basic guide to get started using our services. Other pages in this wiki will give more in-depth information on how to use them.
Before using any of our services, make sure to read the service's wiki page, which will tell you how to use it, and what it's intended uses are.
To use any of our services, you will need to sign up for a UWCS service account. We have a guide to help you with this on our accounts page.
We recommend setting up your website through our containers. You will automatically be assigned container_name.containers.uwcs.co.uk. Some societies relying on our hosting choose to keep this as their website's hostname, but it is totally possible for you to use a custom domain, just let us know so that we can set up the correct forwarding rules.
Main page: containers
We host a Portainer server for running (Docker) containerised applications. This is ideal for long running single applications. By using this, your application will be given fixed resources.
Main page: virtual-machines
Need to run more than one application together, something more complex, or just want a VPS? Our virtualisation platform may be right for you. Contact us if you want to use this.
Main page: game-servers
Our container hosting platform or virtualisation platform are both suitable for hosting game servers.
If you want to set up anything else on our servers, or have any general questions, do reach out to us at tech@uwcs.co.uk, or through #tech-team on our Discord.