Website Deployment Week 12

Software Engineering Practices Consider the generic process framework – Communication – Planning – Modeling – Construction – Deployment

What is Website Hosting? Hosting a website means making a website available to public worldwide. When you create website, it is composed of web pages having text, images, videos and other content for people to see them. However, people can see your website only when it is available on the Internet. web server To make your website available on the Internet, you have to store it on a computer called web server. When you buy some space on a web server and store your webpages there, your website becomes hosted and can be seen by anyone.

What is Web Server? A web server is the computer on which the web pages of your website are stored. It delivers or ‘serves’ the content of your website to the users through Internet. The computer which acts as server has to have very high specifications. It is also connected to the Internet through very powerful link. The web hosts or the web hosting companies have their own servers on which they rent out space to you so that you can host your website and make it accessible to the general public.

Who is Web Host? Any person or company who owns a server and rents out web space for website hosting can be called the web host. Some web hosts do not own servers but rent a server from some large web hosting company and then resell the space under their own brand. This is called reseller hosting service and such web hosts are called web resellers.reseller hosting service The large web hosting companies even own their datacenter (collection of servers) where they can host millions of websites. Datacenters have many computer servers connected to the Internet with fast connections, back up and high security. Most of the web hosts provide not only web space but many other services related to website hosting and are thus also called web service providers.

What Services are given by Web Hosting Companies? Space on their servers is, no doubt, the most important product sold by a web host. Many other products and services, essential for website hosting, are also provided by them such as domain name registration, hosting services, and SSL certificates etc.domain name registration hosting servicesSSL certificates Some of the service providers also give the facility of website builder tools through which you can create your own website without the help of web designers and developers. However, the most important products of a web host are the different types of web server hosting so that their clients might choose the hosting space suitable to their specific needs.

Basic Features of a Web Hosting Plan Disk Space Disk space means the amount of storage space provided to you by your web hosting provider. You need disk space to store your web files composed of text, images, video, audio, etc. disk space is measured in megabytes and a good hosting company will provide packages with differing amounts of space to cater to the needs of all sizes of websites- from smaller personal websites to larger company websites. Bandwidth Bandwidth means the amount of data that a website can transfer over a period of time. It determines the speed of your website. More bandwidth means more speed. The less bandwidth your site has, the slower it takes for it to load. Some hosting service providers provide unlimited bandwidth whereas some others have different prices based upon the amount you use. If your website has heavier pages like those with lots of images, videos etc. then you will need higher storage along with greater bandwidth.

Uptime Uptime means the percentage of time that a hosting server stays up or running % uptime would mean that your website will go down only for about 8 hours in a year while 98% uptime would mean that your website may remain down for about 7.3 days in a year. If your website is an ecommerce website and your customers pay online or you get any type of business through your website, more downtime can mean greater losses. Programming Services The website hosting packages also let you create web pages with programming languages including HTML, PHP, ASP as well as databases. The best offers can be called those providing PHP language and mySQL database. Customer Service This is one of the basic and most essential features that one should look for while selecting website hosting service.Customer support options like those provided through chat, phone and etc. are extremely useful in the event of any technical or other problems related to your website.Customer support Basic Features of a Web Hosting Plan

What are the Types of Web Server Hosting? Shared Server Hosting As the name suggests, several webmasters share space on a single server. This type of hosting plan is good for small time ecommerce sites, static website or a personal website that need cost effective hosting solutions. The entry level websites don’t need high performance features and thus, shared hosting can fulfill their needs without having to pay larger amounts of money. Dedicated Server Hosting A server wholly dedicated for your website is a little costly but could not be affected by the other websites as it could happen in a shared server hosting. This type of website hosting service is most suitable for websites that attract higher traffic and cannot afford to be down due to business purposes such as for e-commerce sites.

What are the Types of Web Server Hosting? Cloud Server Hosting Based on the innovative cloud computing technologies, cloud hosting is done through multiple servers inter connected with each other. This is unlike shared or dedicated server hosting that are provided through only one server. The multiple servers acting as a single system has multiple advantages like load balancing, no single point of failure, non-reliance on a single server leading to higher security and also the facility to increase or decrease server resources as per your needs. It is also cost effective web hosting solution as the website hosting companies charge you for cloud hosting services on the basis of usage. As you can scale your resources up and down on a cloud server, you are able to use more resources only on the days when you expect higher traffic.cloud server

Quick Practice in Deployment 1.Web Server 2.Database (if needed) 3.Program Files (code) Upload using FTP manager Upload using web host application (cpanel, spanel, etc)