Open Systems Technologies Bitcamp – The story of a web request
Open Systems Technologies Bitcamp – The story of a web request
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presentation-bitcamp-hosting
Presentation for a talk given to BitCamp in June 2015 about web hostingOn Github brnkrygs / presentation-bitcamp-hosting
Open Systems Technologies Bitcamp
Hosting
Hi, I'm Brian
Let's talk hosting, or: how to put your site on the web.
Two Parts
Domain Name
ostusa.comServer Space
Consider...
Using a "smart" phone, how do you make phone calls these days?
Find a contact by their name/picture
Tap person, phone dials their number.
The story of a web request
What actually happens when you request a web page?
Step 1: Enter a URL
Includes a domain name
(Find a contact)
Step 2: Browser Resolves Domain
(Phone translates contact to number)
Step 3: Browser Requests Page from Web Server
(Call starts)
Step 4: Browser starts rendering Page
(Conversation!)
Terms
Some terms before we get too far.
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BrowserA program on a device intended to display web pages.
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Web ServerA computer on the internet tasked with delivering pages.
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URLUniform Resource Locator - a reference to a specific page on a specific domain/IP over a specific protocol.https :// www.girldevelopit.com / about
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Domain NameA human-friendly reference to a device on the internet.
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IP AddressA computer-friendly reference to a device on the internet.
Register a Domain Name
that is, rent space in the internet's address book
Pick a domain name Register with a registrar Point your domain name at your serverFind some Server Space
Probably what one thinks about when planning hosting.
Can host through employers, but for our situation, host via hosting companies
Provided with remote management tools.
- SSH/SFTP
- FTP
- Web portals
- Deployment hooks
All ways to get your web files up to the chosen server.
Using Hosts
Ok, so what does that look like?
Using Hosts
Ok, so what does that look like? (example)
Using Hosts
Ok, so what does that look like?