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DNS solution when porting LAMP service from shared hosting to AWS EC2

I have create a LAMP based service on a shared hosting provider. It has now grown and I want to move it on AWS EC2. I have already ported the code and the data, set up ESB for the persistent content, set up an AMI image that boots up fine and has tested the solution on EC2. I want now to redirect my DNS to the EC2 instance(s) IP. I have...

How do i check if php server allows external curl connections

How do i check if php server allows connecting via curl to external sites before buying hosting package (or registering on free host)? I noticed that in some hosting reviews users were complaining that servers that have curl enabled often don't allow external connections... I'd like to check this before purchasing/registering. Maybe t...

ASP MVC in IIS 7 results in: HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden

Hi everybody! I 'm developing an ASP MVC web project. Now i have a requirement which forces me to deploy to an IIS7 inmiddle of development (to check some features). I 'm getting the above mentioned error message whenever i try to type the URL of the web site. (Note: development machine: Vista Home Premium, IIS7) What i have done until...

Deploying a python CGI app

I have developed a python CGI application which works just fine on my development box. My hosting provider however gives me little control of its server: I use a lot of custom stuff in my python environment (like sqlalchemy and mako templating) and the servers python version is far too old to be used. My question is: how do I set up a is...

What steps do I need to take to convert from a class library to a WCF?

I created a project as a Class Library. Now I need to make it into a WCF. I can create a WCF project, but I would like to avoid all that fuss with TFS. I've done the App.config and added the /client:"wcfTestClient.exe" line to the Command line arguments. But there seems to be something else missing from it launching the Hosting. ...

Strategies for Hosting 2 .NET Languages in Same Web App

I have 2 web sites (in Visual Studio - separate solutions) - one in VB.NET, one in C#. Ideally, I'd like to make them both web application projects, compile each codebase into to a DLL, drop both DLLs in the bin and drop both sets of .aspx pages under web root folder. So some aspx files would have Language="C#" and some Language="VB.NE...

Installing PHP on a server, what does that mean?

Here in the tutorial on PHP I read: If your server supports PHP you don't need to do anything. Just create some .php files in your web directory, and the server will parse them for you. Because it is free, most web hosts offer PHP support. However, if your server does not support PHP, you must install PHP. Fi...

Custom Errors not Forwarding on ASP.NET MVC Site

On my site, a broken link throws the default, page not found error. In the web.config I have turned on CustomErrors and forward 404 errors to a custom message. On my dev box it works, on the host it does not. Any ideas? ASP.NET MVC 1.0, SQL 2005, IIS 6 host (ya, I wish it was IIS7 - but they want to charge me to move the site). Thanks...

Heroku, Problem/Question...

I was referred to Heroku for Ruby on Rails hosting and so far I think I am really going to like it. Just wondering if I anyone out there can help me figure out what is wrong. I follow there instructions for creating an app on there site, create and commit git, push the code and it shows up at http://mylifebattlecry.heroku.com (though t...

mobile network friendly host

i am developing an app for iphone, it is a client side application. and i found the 3g network is very slow, should I change the server host to a mobile network friendly host? any suggestions? ...

Ruby (off the Rails) Hosting

Many people have asked about Rails hosting on this site, but I'm not familiar enough with the back end of things to know if there's a difference. I want to host some Ruby CGI 'webservices', basically just ruby methods that take parameters from a POST request, access a MySQL db and return data. I've looked at RoR and it seems like overk...

shared hosting and sql server environment security

I was readin this month edition of SQL Server Magazine and in an article about securing Sql Server environment , the author mentioned that developer should try to have the website and the databases run in separate servers for security. I have a shared hosting account and was wondering if it makes sense to buy a second account to move all...

Which SVN hostings allow repository import/export

There are many subversion hosting companies, some free, some charge a bit/a lot. When google first offered GMail, they allowed users to come and to leave, unlike most other major providers. You could export all your email to another account, etc. Are there anything similar in SVN hosting market? I only found xp-dev.com to offer that, bu...

Django, is possible to run two different versions?

Hello, I have a server on which I have two sites built with Django and Python, one site is major site is build with an older version of django, the other with the newer release, I have upgraded to the new release and major aspects of my other site have broken, is it possible to tell the site to use a different version in say the pytho...

dynamic refeences for WCF service

I have a WCF service hosted on IIS. I have a smartclient application which calls this WCF service through endpoints defined in app.config file. Now when i publish this application using this configuration, IT throws an exception saying that no endpoint is listening at localhost. How can i make it dynamic. By dynamic I mean IF i update ...

hosting administration system?

hi guys, i'm looking for an opensource system to manage a list of web hosting clients. Services ordered payment notifications ticket support system That kind of stuff Is there anything like that? Thanks ...

Could anyone rate the various VMware vCloud options for asp.net deployments?

There are several companies providing beta access. It looks like it could be a great pay as you go, and expand, service. However, I'd like to hear if anyone had difficulties in getting Microsoft stack web apps running on one. Either asp.net or asp.net-mvc, with MSSQL 2005. ...

Free Image Hosting with Open API

Does anyone know if there is a free image hosting website which has open API? Thanks ...

How to automatically download all my pics from my website not using FTP?

On one free web-hosted place I build a site, well not actually a site, but just uploaded a folder with many sub folders inside containing many pictures. Now, I have discovered that this hosting is going to close soon and they gave their users one month t save all the materials. Of course, i can enter each folder manually and use "Save as...

open source web interface to create svn projects?

Is there an open source web front for me to put on my server? I would like to give friends a url so we all can create our own svn projects without restrictions and great speed. optional SSL would be nice with it too. Web interface like trac is a bonus ...