Introduction to how the Internet Works.

1. Technology Hotspot & Salon
555 12th Street, Suite 110, Oakland, CA | http://www.techliminal.com
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Web Hosting 101
What Every Professional Needs to Know
Workshop Weekend
June 23, 2013
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Anca Mosoiu
Tech Liminal

2. www.techliminal.com
Introduction
• Web Developer
• Information Architect
• 20 years of experience in
technology & marketing orgs
• Freelancer, Entrepreneur
• Technology Hotspot & Salon
• Co-Working
• Workshops, Conferences
• Expert, friendly help with web &
social media
Anca
Tech Liminal
anca@techliminal.com

3. What We Will Cover
• Domain Names
• Servers
• IP Addresses
• Putting it together
• Web Requests
• Types of Hosting
• Q&A
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4. Domain Names
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Google.com
Bit.ly
Anca.tv
Your Name = Your Intellectual Property
Internet “Phone Book”

5. Domain Names
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www.google.com
docs.google.com
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
Top-Level Domain
.com
.net
.tv
A Domain
(conventionally)
Subdomain

6. What you buy
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mydomain.com
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
Domain Name Registrar or Reseller
Godaddy.com
enom.com
Network Solutions
...

7. What makes it go: Servers
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Source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/torkildr/3462607995
A computer that responds to requests

8. IP Address
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Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address
Each server has one or more
66.199.22.145

9. Domain Name Servers
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ns1.bluehost.com
Learn More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
The Switchboard of the Internet
...
Convert a domain name to an IP
Address to find a server that can do
something

10. A Server Request
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DNS Lookup?
techliminal.com = 50.116.56.216
Makes a web page

11. Colocation
• They sell you a rack, internet access, air
conditioning
• You bring a server and install it
• All the maintenance is up to you
• Hurricane Electric (he.net)
• 365 Main in SF
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12. Dedicated Server
• You rent a computer from someone in a server
farm
• You can install whatever you want
• Managed or unmanaged
• Rackspace
• Liquidweb
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13. Virtual Private Server (VPS)
• You rent a portion of a server (1/2, 1/4)
• You have your own environment
• Managed or unmanaged
• Laughing Squid
• Dreamhost
• Liquidweb
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Popular for Resellers

14. Shared Hosting
• You share a Dedicated or VPS host with dozens or
hundreds of others
• You have your own user account on a server
• Control Panel
• Bluehost
• Dreamhost
• Laughing Squid
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15. Cloud Hosting
• You get some computing resources on a distributed
server
• Generally for individual web applications
• No Control Panel
• Heroku
• Linode
• Amazon E3
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16. “Standard” Hosting
• Web Applications and Email on one server
• Your whole domain!
• Control Panels
• Cpanel
• Plesk
• Something Custom
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18. Q&A
• Need a glossary of basic terms
• Maybe more about web apps
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