Toolserver:Web hosting

The Toolserver provides web hosting to users. Your files should be placed in $HOME/public_html/, and they will be accessible from the Internet at  http:// toolserver.org/~ /.

Note: For tools, we recommend using multi-maintainer projects. This allows one tool to have multiple maintainers and a stable URL, rather than being tied to a single user. However, you can also put tools under your own account if you like.

CGI
For CGI scripts, there are two options: plain CGI and FastCGI. If possible, you should use FastCGI, since it's faster, and reduces the load on the web server. However, if you have already-written CGI scripts, you can use them unmodified if you don't have the time to convert them to FastCGI.

To use FastCGI scripts, place them in $HOME/public_html/, with the extension .fcgi, and make sure they're executable. However, FastCGI scripts that are in $HOME/public_html/cgi-bin/ will be executed as plain CGI scripts, even if they have the .fcgi extension.

To use plain CGI scripts, place them in $HOME/public_html/cgi-bin/. They do not need a particular file extension (like .cgi), but they do have to be executable.

PHP scripts (which must have the extension .php</tt>) can be used anywhere in your public_html</tt>.

For information about CGI and Perl, see the Perl page.

Logs

 * Access and error logs are located in /var/log/http/</tt> on the web servers.
 * The PHP log is located at /var/log/userlog</tt> on the web servers.

Webalizer statistics for toolserver.org are here (updated every 6 hours). Contact Duesentrieb if this is broken.

Initially, there will be independent access and error logs for each system. To ease debugging of scripts, it will be possible to use a URL like <http://wolfsbane.toolserver.org/~jsmith/mytool/> to force the request to a particular system. However, such URLs should not be used for any other purpose, since server names can change at any time, which would break the URLs.

In the future, we hope to have unified logs for all web servers. 

Frequently asked questions

 * Where can I find documentation about my programming language?
 * For generic questions, try Google or an IRC channel. Some specific issues have been documented on this wiki at the programming language's name, e.g., Perl.


 * Is it possible to use .htaccess</tt>-files?
 * Yes.


 * How does URL rewriting and authentication work?
 * See ZWS.


 * Is there a license requirement for my tools?
 * See Default license.