Details
The Web server running on www.dartmouth.edu cannot serve pages directly from AFS. Another system, caligari.dartmouth.edu, runs a Web server that can directly serve pages out of a user's account.
Below are two options for people who want to have web pages, but keep them in AFS and maintain them directly from their AFS account.
- Option 1 (direct delivery from caligari)
- Option 2 (redirect from www.dartmouth.edu)
Option 1 (enabled on all new accounts)
Make a public_html directory in your AFS account and put your pages in that directory. The machine caligari.dartmouth.edu runs a Web server and sees all the AFS server files, so your URL would be http://caligari.dartmouth.edu/~username
Users cannot log in to Caligari directly, but it sees all your files. All AFS accounts are automatically enabled on Caligari. Make sure your public_html directory is readable by the Web server. To make sure it is, run the command fs sa ~/public_html http_server rl
Advantages
- Files are easily edited directly from any AFS client computer.
- Can use Web development tools on UNIX/Linux workstations to better advantage.
Disadvantages
- URL is not www.dartmouth.edu.
Option 2
Follow the instructions to serve pages off caligari.dartmouth.edu as in Option 1, then obtain a www.dartmouth.edu account. In your www.dartmouth.edu account, place a file named .htaccess (the leading "." is important) containing the lines:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://caligari.dartmouth.edu/~USERNAME/$1
RewriteRule /home/people/u/username/(.*)
http://caligari.dartmouth.edu/~username/$1
Replace username with your own username (and u by the initial letter). This causes the web server on www to call caligari.dartmouth.edu instead, for all requested pages.
Advantage
- The URL is www.dartmouth.edu/~username
Disadvantage
- Less efficient. Clients need to contact both servers.
Note: Both servers run PHP files. Neither server directly runs arbitrary user CGI scripts. If you want to dabble with CGI scripts, you should request a test/development account on Cobweb. Cobweb is an experimental server, with less restrictive policies and intended for learning and developing Web tools.