University of Connecticut

University Information Technolgy Services

Central Web Server 2

The UITS Central Web Server 2 provides hosting for University web sites. Currently, only UConn Departmental web pages are supported. Faculty, staff, graduate students, and student organizations must use the Homepages Web Server . Please see the Contact page for whom to contact for an account.

Features provided to every web site by UITS's Central Web Server 2:

• 100 MB of storage
• SSL protection
• Authenticated WebDav access (using NetID and optionally CAS)
• Secure Formmail Script
• Virtual Host aliases
• Nightly backups (retained 30 days)
• Apache2 (current version 2.2.15)
• PHP5 (currently version 5.3.3)
• MySQL Database (currently version 5.1.73)
• Web accessible site administration featuring:
  • Web traffic statistics
  • Password protected sub-directories using NetIDs

Features NOT provided by UITS's Central Web Server 2

• No Telnet, FTP, SSH or SFTP access for web site maintanance (use WebDav)
• No Oracle, MSQL or other database access (use MySQL)
• Neither Active Server Pages nor ASP.net (use PHP)
• No CGI scripts other than PHP (exceptions can be made, contact Web Development Lab for details)