Adding a Site
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Discovering the Public CloudGo to the Web > Sites > Add a site menu.
If you are starting from scratch you can take advantage of our application library by going to Web > Sites > Install an application.
- Name: used for display purposes in the alwaysdata administration interface, it is purely for information purposes,
- Addresses: the addresses used to reach your site (
*.example.orgfor catch-alls),
Adding all the addresses in this menu is mandatory to access them as sites. For example, to access a website on www.exemple.org and example.org both addresses must be added. Entering your domain in the Domains menu is not enough either.
- Configuration: specific to every type of site:
- PHP,
- Python WSGI,
- Ruby Rack,
- Ruby on Rails <= 2.x,
- Node.js,
- Elixir,
- Redirect,
- Static files: to manage sites or static files,
- Custom Apache: to fully configure your Apache server,
- User program: to run any web server.
PHP, Static Files and Custom Apache websites are served by Apache. Python WSGI, Ruby Rack and Ruby on Rails <= 2.x use uWSGI.
SSL: redirect HTTP to HTTPS,
Add a site: SSL WAF: configure the application firewall,
Add a site: WAF Cache: set up the HTTP cache,
Add a site: HTTP cache Logs: customize HTTP logs,
Add a site: HTTP logs Advanced.
Add a site: advanced
HTTP logs are available from directory $HOME/admin/logs/http/. The site logs showing “upstream” web site starts, stops and malfunctions are available from $HOME/admin/logs/sites/.