UNM Web Hosting (Current & Future)

June 5, 2015

Farid Hamjavar (UNM IT Platforms – DSYS)Neil Sabol (UNM IT Applications – Web and Mobile)

Final Overview of 2015 Dept Web Environment

http://deptupgrade.unm.edu/overview

Dept Web Migration Project Recap

14 releases (batches)

28 incidents3 Priority 24 Priority 321 Priority 4

808 websites

574 Dept/Club netids

February 3rd - May 13th Duration

35 targeted email messages sent14 IT Alert updates9 general (list) email messages sent

CPanel and the future of webhosting

“tilde” sites for departments and people

unm.edu/~something

• “dot” sites for departments

• something.unm.edu

• “dot” people sites for people

• someone.people.unm.edu

unm.edu Dept unm.edu Dept2Back in the day

The bleeding edge

• Updated tech stack for “dot” sites

1994 2014 20152002

CPanel and the future of webhosting• CPanel officially selected as web hosting control panel (over Plesk, Zpanel, etc.)

• Eventually (years), all main campus webhosting will be done via CPanel – initial rollout will be opt-in and phased

• Cpanel DOES NOT replace Cascade Server – in fact, they work well together

• Pilot is available now – to enroll, navigate to siterequest.unm.edu and Click Request Site

• Official service will likely include tiered offerings with bill back for some options• Free base service• F5 ASM• Additional storage

• Implications for HSC

Cpanel feature highlights• Web-based file manager• Additional FTPS accounts• PHP 5.5• PHP Pear• Multiple MySQL Users and unique permissions sets• Remote MySQL access• Robust error/access log viewer• Instant installs (Softaculous)

More power = more responsibility

Mpm_itk: Making your site more secure AND making your life easier

• You may have experienced the downsides of NOT using mpm_itk• Publish a page, have to wait minutes, hours, days for it to be accessible

(permadjust)• Apply open (i.e. 755) permission set to your websites files

Demo + Q and A• Site Request Process (for pilot anyway)• Cpanel

• Publishing Cascade site to Cpanel• Wordpress Install

Notes on Pilot:

• You must be on the UNM (including HSC) WIRED network to access the CPanel administrative features – sites are accessible ANYWHERE (on/off campus)

• You must login with a department or club netid