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Web Hosting 101What Every Professional Needs to Know

Workshop WeekendJune 23, 2013

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Anca MosoiuTech Liminal

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

anca@techliminal.com

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”

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

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...

What makes it go: Servers

7Source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/torkildr/3462607995

A computer that responds to requests

IP Address

8Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address

Each server has one or more

66.199.22.145

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

A Server Request

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DNS Lookup?techliminal.com = 50.116.56.216

Makes a web page

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

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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