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What are Website hosting services?
Website hosting services are often provided as part
of a general Internet access plan; there are many
free and paid providers offering these types of web
hosting.
A customer needs to evaluate the requirements of the
application to choose what kind of hosting to use.
Such considerations include database server
software, scripting software, and operating system.
Most hosting providers provide Linux-based web
hosting which offers a wide range of different
software. A typical configuration for a Linux server
is the LAMP platform: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and
PHP/Perl/Python. The web hosting client may want to
have other services, such as email for their
business domain, databases or multi-media services
for streaming media. A customer may also choose
Windows as the hosting platform. The customer still
can choose from PHP, Perl, and Python but may also
use ASP .Net or Classic ASP. Web hosting packages
often include a Web Content Management System, so
the end-user does not have to worry about the more
technical aspects.
Website hosting services are a type of Internet
hosting service that allows individuals and
organizations to make their own website accessible
via the World Wide Web. Website hosting services
companies provide space on a server they own or
lease for use by their clients as well as providing
Internet connectivity, typically in a data centre.
Website hosting services can also provide data
centre space and connectivity to the Internet for
servers they do not own to be located in their data
centre, called colocation or Housing as it is
commonly called in Latin America or France.
The scope of website hosting services varies
greatly. The most basic is web page and small-scale
file hosting, where files can be uploaded via File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface. The
files are usually delivered to the Web "as is" or
with little processing. Many Internet service
providers (ISPs) offer this service free to their
subscribers. People can also obtain Web page hosting
from other, alternative service providers. Personal
web site hosting is typically free,
advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business
web site hosting often has a higher expense.
Single page website hosting services are generally
sufficient only for personal web pages. A complex
site calls for a more comprehensive package that
provides database support and application
development platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, and Ruby on
Rails, ColdFusion, and ASP.NET). These facilities
allow the customers to write or install scripts for
applications like forums and content management. For
e-commerce, SSL is also highly recommended.
The website hosting services may also provide an
interface or control panel for managing the Web
server and installing scripts as well as other
modules and service applications like e-mail. Some
website hosting services specialize in certain
software or services (e.g. e-commerce). They are
commonly used by larger companies to outsource
network infrastructure to a website hosting services
Company.
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