Server Options
Publishers at UT Austin can publish from the following servers:
Web Central Server
Web Central is the central server on campus. It runs on a UNIX machine
managed by the ITS UNIX group.
Any research center, academic department, administrative unit, or
student organization at UT Austin is welcomed to publish from Web Central.
To request a publishing directory on the Web Central server, complete
this form (requires UT EID). You will receive confirmation, along
with instructions on how to access the directory, within two work days.
You will own and manage this directory.
Additionally, UT Austin individuals are welcomed to publish from several
ITS satellite servers. Instructions for each group are below.
Web Central Test Server
This server is available to departmental publishers for use as a test
machine for Web Central. All of Web Central is not mirrored on this
test server, however, all files used by the second level templates
are available.
To request a publishing directory on the test server, complete
this form (requires UT EID). You will receive confirmation, along
with instructions on how to access the directory, within two work days.
You will own and manage this directory.
Once you have finished testing you can contact us for assistance in
moving files from your test server directory to your Web Central directory.
Departmental Server
Publishing from a departmental server is generally reserved for members
of that department. For information on rules and procedures, contact
the manager of your departmental server. To have a departmental server
added to a Web Central page, complete the appropriate
form.
Webspace
Webspace is the newest file storage and
web publishing service on campus.
Webspace is available for use by students, faculty and staff.
Personal Server
If you plan to use your own computer to publish, it must be directly
connected to the Internet and must have server software installed on
it. Installing Web server software on
Macintosh or Windows machines is fairly easy.
Academic departments and administrative units that decide on this
option should dedicate the machine to function solely as a server.
The machine should not be used for other purposes. Once you have your
server up and running, complete the appropriate form to request to be added to UT Austin
Web Central.
Note: SLIP- and PPP-connected machines (or any other connection
that uses dynamic IP addresses) do not work well as permanent Web servers.
When you connect to the Internet via SLIP, your machine is assigned
a temporary IP address. Since IP addresses are part of the URL (address)
of your home page, your URL changes each time you connect via SLIP.
This makes using such a machine impractical.
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