Adding a Site

Go to the Web > Sites > Add a site menu.

• 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.org for 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. Even for a domain using our DNS services.

Also, if the domain does not use our DNS servers, you will need to create DNS records with the DNS provider.

• Configuration: specific to every type of site:
  • PHP,
  • Python WSGI,
  • Ruby Rack,
  • Ruby on Rails <= 2.x,
  • Node.js,
  • Elixir,
  • Deno,
  • .NET,
  • 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,

  

• WAF: configure the application firewall,

  

• Cache: set up the HTTP cache,

  

• Logs: customize HTTP logs,

  

• 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/. An extract of these logs (with Apache & uWSGI logs) is presented in the administration’s interface (Logs - 📄).