Using our Shell Accounts, you can host your website (or any other static resources) in ~/public_html/
. The system utilises Lighttpd running on Hopper.
This is ideal for hosting a sites built with a static site generator such as hugo or zola, or any other static website. It's also just useful for leaving files in places you want to be accessible to the internet.
Log into Hopper and head to <username>.sites.uwcs.co.uk
: you should see our placeholder page. Add a new file ~/public_html/test.txt
and you'll be able to access the contents at <username>.sites.uwcs.co.uk
.
It is possible to set up your own custom domain name to point at files served on our website. We require that you add a DNS record to point at our IP address(es), and also provide us with an SSL certificate for your domain. Get in contact with us to set this up.
Contact the Tech Team to edit the file in /etc/lighttpd/custom.conf
on hopper.
Contact tech team and provide us with your domain
137.205.37.213
HAProxy->Virtual Services->Public Sevices
in OPNSensehopper_backend
in the public_subdomains
map file under HAProxy->Advanced->Mapfiles
in OPNSense/etc/lighttpd/custom.conf
in hopperPHP is supported, however due to security, it is not advised to use file creation / editing as this is accessible user-wide. If you would like more control over backends such as PHP or others, consider using a Container or get in contact for other options.