Questions tagged [web-hosting]
The setting up and running of a server to serve web pages via the internet or LAN. Where you are not the administrator of the server the questions may be best asked on webmasters.stackexchange.com (for example if using shared hosting).
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IP Address restriction for Google APIs in Google Cloud Console
I generated an API key for Google Maps and other services for website: naturatravel.ro Cloudflare Configuration Now I would like to restrict Google APIs using IP. I need IP restriction, else I'm ...
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Apache error "AH00016: Configuration Failed"
I get Apache error AH00016: Configuration Failed in Apache error.log. The Apache service is not starting because of this error. Any idea what causes the error? Anybody had such error? Edit: sudo ...
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Firebase Hosting custom subdomain via .web.app CNAME works on most networks but fails on specific corporate Wi-Fi
I have a Firebase Hosting site: https://app-name.web.app My DNS (managed through a third-party provider) points: app-name.example.com CNAME app-name.web.app This works fine on almost all networks, ...
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How would I script a custom backend webhost script for a website that has 4 subdomains and 4 folders, one for each subdomain?
I'm setting up a website for my company and I can't find any ways to make a custom webhost for what I'm trying to do. My website has 4 subdomains (including root), and each has its own folder in the ...
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Geo IP location API for website [closed]
Our website needs to display INR price when it is open from India. The price should show in USD if it is open from countries outside India. We use Maxmind Geo IP API. Until now it worked fine. Now it ...
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Is a wildcard domain inside another wildcard domain ok?
We currently host bei hoster 'X'. Our NS has an entry for example.com and *.example.com point to this hoster's IP As we migrate to another hoster 'Y' we setup a temporary domain tmp.example.com and *....
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How to copy website files to IIS folder if some files are in use?
I have a simple setup for my website. I simply deploy from Visual Studio to a folder. Manually copy the files to the server. And then copy the files to the actual IIS website folder at a scheduled ...
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This site can’t be reached itcmedbr.com refused to connect
I've a VPS in an host in this vps I installed Java, Tomcat and MySQL for my web app. After the installation of the packages I made the deploy of my app, if inside of the tomcat/manager I call my app ...
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web server can't be accessed from outside the server
I have a Hetzner cloud server running on Debian and I'm trying to host a website on it, unfortunately every time I try to access it the connection just times out. I've tried both Apache2 & Nginx ...
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Remove Trailing Slash from location/alias in nginx
I am using next js application on alias/separate location, I am currently using below given code: location /test { alias /home/abc/test; try_files $uri $uri/ /test/index....
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Advice on Using NVMe Drives for ZFS Cache to Optimize Performance for Google PageSpeed Insights
I’m setting up a new server with the following ZFS-based storage tiers: Base Storage: RAID-Z2 with 6 x 1TB SAS drives (~4TB usable). SSD Storage: ZFS Mirror with 2 x 1TB SSDs (~1TB usable). NVMe ...
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Server appearing offline to browser, even though it is online
I have launched 8 or 9 webservers, personally, and something is very unusual this time regarding http/https transfer with apache2. Ports 80 and 443 are up, as indicated by nmap on a remote client ...
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moving website hosting to different hosting provider using same name servers (ns1.stackdns.com)
I am trying to move a client website from one web host to another. Both hosting providers use the same set of dns servers for hosting (ns1.stackdns.com,ns2.stackdns.com,ns3.stackdns.com,ns4.stackdns....
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Prove website performance is due to the shared hosting provider server [duplicate]
Starting 11/09/2024 my website performance decreased after the hosting provider migrated the site to a cloud-based server. The issue occurs when transitioning from HTTP to HTTPS (about 1 or 2 seconds) ...
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Have web browsers automatically append DNS Suffix when DNS resolves with the suffix
If I have example.com in my DNS suffix search list and I open a browser and type www then the browser will talk to the OS which will talk to DNS; if www fails to resolve, my OS will append the items ...
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Django Application hosting on different servers but uses the same database
I have a django project called django_project and a domain website.com , I want to host the subdomains of this on different server. So , django project Server A website.com django project Server b ...
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2 websites, 2 DNS, 1 Nginx server, sharing a port - How do I direct requests to the correct server block?
I have one website "www.alpha.com" registered with Cloudflare, with SSL through Cloudflare, which I host on my own server (Nginx on Linux Debian). I'm trying to add a 2nd website "www....
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Cannot figure out which NGINX config file is being used
Inside /etc/nginx/sites-available, I have a config file example with the following configuration: server { listen 443 ssl; server_name php1.example.com php2.example.com; ssl_certificate /...
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Self-hosted website won't go online unless I SSH into the server first
I have a simple HTML page hosted on an old mac desktop (Catalina) on the in-built apache server. The problem is when I browse to the IP on chrome after a while, the website is down. But as soon as I ...
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Unexplained DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
I have a website hosted on http://app.mytender.io. It works half the time, but the other time I get DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN. The DNS entries are done in the hosted zone of AWS, and all looks ...
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Choosing a hosting a reactjs, nodejs application
I have application built with reactjs, nodejs and mysql db, currently I am hosting it on godaddy VPS. The main reason why we had to go for their VPS, because we already had a legacy app on their ...
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Setup Reverse DNS for a VPS host on a public network
Bassically, I'm trying to revive this question that got no correct answer: reverse DNS (bind) for single ip/machine on non-private network So, I am trying to configure my own public DNS server for ...
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Trying to use HTTPS to multiple host ports
I'm trying to configure Nginx to serve my application on both port 443 and 5501 with SSL. I have the following Nginx configuration: upstream pixel { server pixel.example.com:8080 weight=1; ...
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proxy causes "Name Error: The domain name does not exist" Apache2
When I activate a proxy by entering the address in /etc/environment, the website I host on my webserver becomes inaccessible with the following error message (snippet): <div id="content"&...
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For custom DNS records in email, will having 2 MX with same priority cause issues?
I want to connect a CRM (Keela) email system to a company's (OJ) domain. That way, when they send emails from the CRM, it appears as "@oj.com". The CRM instructs you to go the hosting ...
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How do I create an Elastic Beanstalk example?
I have tried to create and deploy on Elastic Beanstalk. It never works. I have spent over 14 hours trying to get EB to work over the course of 1 month. I have followed online tutorials in addition to ...
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IIS Windows 11 problems / alternative [closed]
We were always using IIS locally on Windows 10 and older without any issues. After update to Windows 11, there are a lot of problems with IIS installation - one of them being that the IIS manager is ...
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Probed for .env files in commonly used resource paths [closed]
I am using an NGINX server to host a static website exposed to the open internet. While glancing through the access logs I came across a cluster of requests for resources ending with .env, e.g: "...
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Point many domains to a single simple web form, using nothing but domain records configuration
Context: A friend of mine has a business selling domain names. As I work in IT as a C# developer he came to me with his request. Although I know little of these kind of things. Request: He wants to ...
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Adding MX record
I would want to achieve the following: I have acquired a domain name, and I would like to add a website and a mail server for this domain. I have: 1 Domain name, 1 private Ubuntu server with IP, 1 ...
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Gunicorn can't bind port 80
I (want to) have a Google Cloud server running a Gunicorn server, however it refuses to bind to port 80, despite it being free. Here's the command I'm using to start it: gunicorn -w 4 -b 0.0.0.0:80 ...
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Using CNAME to point to other website does not work
I have below domain name registered on Hostinger himanshupoddar.tech I added CNAME record to point my domain to another website "okcredit.com" But it does not work and I am still not being ...
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nginx address already in use, no matter what port configured
I am trying to use nginx to host a webpage. Running on a local VM immediately works, but on an external server not. When typing nginx into the console, the error reads as follows: nginx: [emerg] bind()...
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Can't access my ec2 public ip outside rdp
I'm using IIS to host my app and I use port 80, on my RDP if I enter the IP address it redirect me to my app but if I use the IP address outside RDP is not working. I checked with XAMPP and is working ...
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What can my ISP know about a website hosted at my house? [closed]
I am hosting a public website, say example.com, at my house using my home Internet (fyi, the contract allows it). My Internet plan also comes with a static IP. I use CloudFlare to hide the server's ...
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Purchase a ssl cert for a domain without a webserver
My company has a legacy web application where there is a link to help documents. The link is https://help.example.com. The Apache server for the domain https://www.example.com decommissioned so only ...
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Whitelist an S3 Bucket in server firewall
I am looking for a way to whitelist an S3 Bucket on my client's server. In this S3 bucket there is a public website, thus, my idea is to find the ip address used for this S3 bucket. However, I have ...
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Can a Linux web server which hasn't been restarted for years be secure?
The content of /proc/uptime reports: 48973211.37 1627573879.70 48973211 seconds mean the server is up for 567 days without a restart. Since then many serious security fixes have been applied to the ...
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Webserver firewall iptables settings seem to be blocking more than expected
I am trying to allow all incoming connections from my local network, and http/https connections from anywhere while blocking all other traffic. Here are my current rules: Chain INPUT (policy DROP) ...
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Multiple web service (using HTTP/HTTPS protocol) in single baremetal machine [closed]
I am a newbie for web and network stuff. I want to hosting the following web services for my personal use: Gitea Nextcloud pypiserver (Private pypi server) Ktra (private rust registry server) I only ...
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Does number of static pages on a web server's storage affect it's performance?
Imagine Website A Running on server A has 100 Static Pages and Website B Running on server B has 1000000 Static Pages, Both use the same tech (Software, Hardware E.T.C.) to run. Does Server B use more ...
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What to look for when searching for HIPAA Hosting Server? [closed]
We are looking to get a HIPAA Hosting server for one of our clients. What should we look for in such server? There are so many hosting providers who are offering the same things. How do I know which ...
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Increase in spams through website contact forms after change of server
I recently moved my website from Hostgator to an Amazon Web Services' EC2 instance. From a few days later people/bot started posting spam messages in the forms that are on the website. Is there ...
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How do you protect (PHP) source code from the web host?
So, you just created the next killer app, possibly in PHP. You have done everything to keep hackers out. There is no way they can steal the code! Except for someone from the web hosting company, of ...
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Since S3 charges by request, couldn't a malicious hacker cause a huge AWS bill just by spamming requests?
What would stop them from doing so, against, say, a static website hosted using S3? Is there a good way to deny some requests such that one avoids getting billed for them? (Context: I want to host a ...
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Can apache return multipe ErrorDocuments for the same response code depending on a header value?
So let's say I have a 403 page but if the request header has a custom value in it - I want to return a different 403 with a bit more information in. So the normal 403 location may be /error_403 and ...
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How to create a local host that can be accessed through everyone on the same internet?
I've had an Apache Virtual Host working for a couple of month where workers on the office wifi could type in something like www.XYZ123.com and was able to access the website through their browser. Now,...
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Have 2 domains point to the same mailserver with DNS?
Let's say I have an webspace with a mailserver at mail.webspace.com and an own domain called mail.mydomain.com. mail.webspace.com is the domain I got from my hosting provider to enter for IMAP and ...
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DNS configuration for HAproxy
About to set up a lab environment with HAproxy for test purposes. HAproxy will load-balance (round robin) two web servers (Apache), running two virtual hosts on each server. Site A will be hosted on ...
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can I re-add the original namesaver after adding cloudflare namesaver?
I have a webhosting website which will cause failure for clients who try creating sub-domain when I change my nameserver with cloudflare nameserver. I am thinking to re-add my original nameserver ...
