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Web Hosting

Personal Web Sites

Personal web pages are available to students and faculty with Statistics Computing Accounts. Please email help@stat.washington.edu to request activation of your web page.

If you don't have a Computing Account, web hosting is available for students through students.washington.edu.

Managing Web Content

  • Files for your page should be uploaded by SFTP to madrid.stat.washington.edu:~/public_html/ on Madrid
  • Your website is accessible through the following URLs:
    • https://stat.uw.edu/~<netid>
    • https://sites.stat.washington.edu/people/<netid>

Managing Directory Access

Access can restricted by creating a .htaccess file within a directory. Examples:

  • Limit access to anyone with a NetID: 
    AuthType shibboleth
ShibRequireSession On
require valid-user
  • Limit access to a list of NetID users: 
    AuthType shibboleth
ShibRequireSession On
require user first_netid@washington.edu second_netid@washington.edu
  • Limit access by UW Statistics group (contact help@stat.washington.edu for assistance with groups): 
    AuthType shibboleth
ShibRequireSession On
require shib-attr gws_groups urn:mace:washington.edu:groups:uw_stat_group_name

Troubleshooting

  • 403 Forbidden Error: Possible causes:
    • The directory does not exist
    • The directory does not contain an index.html file
    • Linux file permissions are too restrictive: to allow the web files to be accessed by other users, change the file permissions with chmod o+r.

Student or Research Group Web Hosting

Custom web hosting is available for student or research groups, depending on the purpose and scale of the site. Contact help@stat.washington.edu for details.