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Web Services 

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  • Log in with your UT EID login information
  • ITS maintains security, backups, software updates, etc. at no charge
  • Limited to no effort needed in design or coding
  • Customize the look of your blog with one of over 6 available themes, including a couple of UT-branded responsive themes optimized for viewing on any screen size
  • Multiple users with active UT affiliation can have access to update pages
  • Track statistics, including how many people have visited your blog
  • Web address example:  http://sites.utexas.edu/<sitename>
  • Note:  The The use of custom @ece.utexas.edu or @mer.utexas.edu domain/URLs is no longer available to use with this service.

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Web publishing on UT Web is available for colleges, schools, and departments that need to create websites that require Unix-based technologies such as PHP or CGI scripting. Colleges, schools, and departments may provide hosting space to their community members. All users must have a current UT affiliation as faculty or staff to log in to the service.

UT Web users must have experience using Unix-based web technologies such as HTML, PHP, and Apache, and are required to be able to manage files using the Unix command line, SSH or SFTP tools. All UT Web users are expected to know and comply with university standards and policies, specifically those listed at /wiki/spaces/utweb/pages/63865034.

Specifications

The UT Web LAMP stack uses the open-source software packages:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Apache HTTP server version 2.2
  • MySQL version 5.6 (local installations)
  • PHP programming language versions 5.3 and 5.4
  • Limit storage usage to 10 GB per site
  • Custom domains such as @ece.utexas.edu or @mer.utexas.edu is available.

Technical Features

  • Virtualmin Web Panel for self-service site management
  • Access to phpMyAdmin and the MySQL command-line client
  • 1-click Drupal Installer
  • 1-click WordPress Installer
  • Self-managed file backups and recovery
  • Unix shell access via UT EID
  • Access to raw log files
  • Access to both Git and SVN version control tools
  • CGI Scripting

Cost

UT Web hosting is available to university departments at no cost.

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