Serving web pages from a personal or group filespace

To serve web pages from a Desktop Services filespace, you must have a directory in your filespace named public_html - this will act as your webspace directory. If you have a new account or have not previously created such a directory, a default version of the directory and basic content will have been inserted for you. This name is case sensitive and no other directory name will be recognised. Any files in this directory and any changes you make to them will be seen on the web immediately. The default web page looks like this:

The personal filespace limit is 1GB, which includes all files in your web space. Requests for increases in filespace may be sent to user-admin@ucs.cam.ac.uk but will probably require academic justification.

Group web pages

As for personal pages, a group which has filespace on DS-Filestore (see Applying for or taking over management of group resource to request filespace) can publish web pages from a directory called public_html (which in this case is not created by default). One way to create this directory is as follows:

• Using your Desktop Services username and password, login at a Managed Cluster machine, or remotely to MCS Linux.
• Once logged in, navigate to your group's filespace (see Locating your group filespace.
• Create a subdirectory named 'public_html' within the filespace. This directory is where all the files that are to appear on the web should be placed.

NOTE: Each directory and sub directory should have a valid index file (usually index.html) that is the 'entry' page for the directory, else a directory listing will be served.

Any group that publishes pages on this server must have a group email address to which comments, complaints and administrative messages can be sent. It is the group's responsibility to ensure that electronic mail is collected and dealt with. Apparently abandoned or malfunctioning web pages may be removed.