Creating a website within CUBINlab

Overview

This document will show you how to set up a website within CUBINlab for your own personal and/or research use. Related documentation includes how to set up a website counter.

Please note that all content on CUBINlab WWW servers must comply with University World Wide Web Publishing Policies and Guidelines.

Basic usage

Simply create a directory named public_html in your $HOME directory like so:

mkdir ~/public_html

Place all your HMTL documents into that directory. Your website is accessible from the URL: http://www.cubinlab.ee.unimelb.edu.au/~user, where user is replaced with your CUBINlab user name.

You may need to set correct permissions for all files and directories within the above tree. You can do this simply with the command:

chmod -R o+rx ~/public_html

CUBINlab User Website Index

The CUBINlab user website index will list your website as it regenerates automatically each night. To exclude yourself from the index, simply place a .donotindex file in your ~/public_html/ directory. This can be achieved using the simple command:

touch ~/public_html/.donotindex

As you may expect, any changes will be reflected next time the index is automatically regenerated.

Advanced usage

PHP, CGI and SSI are supported on the CUBINlab webserver. See the relevent documentation for each service for details on how to use it. If you require a sub-domain (virtual host), please see the core network system administrator.

PHP files must have the extension .php, .phtml, or .php3. SSIs are supported on files with extension .php.

Finally, if you require encrypted (SSL) web services, facilities are available. Just ask the core network system administrator.