Group web space

The groups.inf.ed.ac.uk service is a simple way to serve content that's in Group space (a /group/project/<project-name>/ area) as a web page. Ask for group web space using the support form, giving the location of your group file space and the name for the base of the URL.

Serving web pages from AFS filespace

It is possible to have web pages that live in AFS space - but because AFS has stricter access controls, some additional configuration is required.

The benefit of AFS web space is that access can be made more selective and more robust by using standard ACLs, and additional access constraints can be implemented with further refinements in .htaccess files.

In order to serve web pages, the web server needs to be able to read them. Under NFS or a local file system, web pages are usually group-owned and readable by the apache GID.

General web questions

General web-related 'Frequently Asked Questions'

Listed below are an assortment of frequently, and not so frequently, asked questions relating to websites and webpages hosted by the School of Informatics.

If the question you wanted to ask isn't covered here, then please check the support FAQ as well.

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