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Web Hosting 101What Every Professional Needs to Know
Workshop WeekendJune 23, 2013
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Anca MosoiuTech Liminal
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www.techliminal.com
Introduction
• Web Developer• Information Architect• 20 years of experience in
technology & marketing orgs• Freelancer, Entrepreneur
• Technology Hotspot & Salon• Co-Working• Workshops, Conferences• Expert, friendly help with web &
social media
AncaTech Liminal
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What We Will Cover• Domain Names
• Servers
• IP Addresses
• Putting it together
• Web Requests
• Types of Hosting
• Q&A
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Domain Names
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Google.com
Bit.ly
Anca.tv
Your Name = Your Intellectual Property
Internet “Phone Book”
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Domain Names
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www.google.com
docs.google.com
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
Top-Level Domain.com.net.tv
A Domain (conventionally)
Subdomain
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What you buy
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mydomain.com
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
Domain Name Registrar or Reseller
Godaddy.com
enom.com
Network Solutions...
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What makes it go: Servers
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A computer that responds to requests
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IP Address
8Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address
Each server has one or more
66.199.22.145
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Domain Name Servers
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ns1.bluehost.com
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
The Switchboard of the Internet
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Convert a domain name to an IP Address to find a server that can do
something
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A Server Request
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DNS Lookup?techliminal.com = 50.116.56.216
Makes a web page
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Colocation• They sell you a rack, internet access, air
conditioning
• You bring a server and install it
• All the maintenance is up to you
• Hurricane Electric (he.net)
• 365 Main in SF
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Dedicated Server• You rent a computer from someone in a server
farm
• You can install whatever you want
• Managed or unmanaged
• Rackspace
• Liquidweb
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Virtual Private Server (VPS)
• You rent a portion of a server (1/2, 1/4)
• You have your own environment
• Managed or unmanaged
• Laughing Squid
• Dreamhost
• Liquidweb
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Popular for Resellers
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Shared Hosting
• You share a Dedicated or VPS host with dozens or hundreds of others
• You have your own user account on a server
• Control Panel
• Bluehost
• Dreamhost
• Laughing Squid
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Cloud Hosting
• You get some computing resources on a distributed server
• Generally for individual web applications
• No Control Panel
• Heroku
• Linode
• Amazon E3
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“Standard” Hosting
• Web Applications and Email on one server
• Your whole domain!
• Control Panels
• Cpanel
• Plesk
• Something Custom
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Q&A
• Need a glossary of basic terms
• Maybe more about web apps
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