To set up an external domain name with SSL encryption on an OIT Web Hosting account:
You can generate a CSR for an OIT Web Hosting site from the site's Plesk Control Panel:
SSL encryption is highly recommended for websites these days, not just because it makes user interactions with your site more secure, but also because the major browser manufacturers are starting to mark all non-SSL encrypted sites with some kind of red symbol (red padlock, red 'X' through a padlock, etc.) to better warn users not to enter sensitive information into these sites. So, from a marketing standpoint, it's going to make your site look more professional if you turn on SSL encryption, which will keep those red warning symbols from showing.
OIT is phasing out the Sympa mailing list system and is no longer using it in conjunction with OIT Web Hosting. There are other solutions for having multiple people get notifications relating to an OIT Web Hosting account, and it may be best to discuss these with your local IT support, who should understand the ins and outs of campus email.
Below are some helpful tips on how to use the SSH to get command line access your web hosting site via a Windows or Mac computer.
There are two user roles for OIT Web Hosting accounts: "owner" and "authorized user".
Owners are the people responsible for the website who make the key decisions about the site. An owner is oftentimes not the technical manager of the site, but must be a full-time employee of Georgia Tech.
Weekly backups of all OIT Web Hosting accounts now happens automatically. However, if you wish to to more frequent backups for an important site that changes regularly, the following instructions below explain how to configure the Plesk control panel on OIT's web hosting to keep automatic backups of your entire site.
First, read this general FAQ on how to create scheduled backups.
If you have administrative access to at least one OIT Web Hosting account, you can look up the owners and administrators of any other account. Simply navigate to your My Plesk Hosting page (available on-campus or via the VPN only) and follow the link in the left-hand sidebar for Site Lookup.
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides an on-campus web hosting service for official Georgia Tech units and projects. This service can host many popular PHP based content management systems, including Drupal and WordPress.
Mercury (Hg) is a central repository for sharing events and news at Georgia Tech. It can provide news and events feeds to websites hosted on our campus web servers within the campus network, but cannot provide feeds to off-campus servers.
