Campus Departments May Benefit from Web Virtual Host

By Joel Jaeggli (joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu)

Many campus departments have web pages stored on DARKWING. It's now possible to add a virtual web host pointing at those pages, a tactic which can make site addresses easier to remember.

For example, if the URL for your department's web page is currently something like http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~german you can request that Computing Center Systems staff create a virtual host for this page with a less cumbersome address, such as http://german.uoregon.edu

Who May Create a Virtual Host?

Keep in mind that this service is available only to colleges and departments and campus institutes and centers, not to individuals. The virtual host would be pointed at your current document root (i.e., the public_html directory in the home directory of your organization account).

Virtual host names may not already be otherwise registered, and they must be descriptive. Quota restrictions still apply.

Note: Web virtual hosts are not available on GLADSTONE at this time, and virtual hosts may only be used for World Wide Web URLs, not for email addresses or other purposes.

Need More Information?

For more information on creating a virtual host for a DARKWING account, email consult@darkwing.uoregon.edu