| The host playground.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de runs an Apache 2.x webserver, a MariaDB database, PHP 7.x and some other tools in a way that all users at IBR (including y-accounts) can run their own tiny and temporary web space. There are some notes which you MUST take into account, before using this service: - The playground service is meant to be used for your work as a student at IBR, e.g. bachelor and master theses, seminars, SEP projects, etc. It MUST NOT be used for any personal/private purpose of any kind.
- Since many users may run arbitrary code on the site, the playground service should be regarded as a fragile and temporary service. Take regular backups of your playground data or deploy data to the playground from another "safe" place!
- Be kind! Do not deploy any CPU or I/O intensive code.
- Rules may change! If we observe too many problems, we may decide to lock out single users from this service, or we may consider to shut down the complete service.
- Be aware! Your CGI and PHP code runs with your UID/GID. Code flaws may affect your data!
How it works - Your personal directory
~/.playground will be automatically exported as https://playground.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/~username/. Just put your HTML (and other stuff) there and you're done with your first static web page. - Note that the webserver must be allowed to access that directory. In many cases you need to run
chmod go+x $HOME (and you should consider the consequences). - You are allowed to run CGI scripts. All "documents" named
*.cgi will be handled as CGI code and executed under your user account. Consider the security implications! - You are allowed to run PHP code. All "documents" named
*.php will be handled as PHP code. - Apache logfiles will be written to
~/.playground.log. Consider your disk quota limits! - Remove or rename
~/.playground, once your site is no longer needed. It's not just to save our host resource, it's also for your own account security and disk quota limitations. - There is a MariaDB database server running on the same host (bound to 127.0.0.1). You may authenticate with your usual user credentials (username/password) and then create and access databases named
username_XYZ. Do not store huge volumes of data to your databases, without talking to your supervisor in advance.
A "phpMyAdmin" is available at https://playground.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/phpmyadmin. - With these components you may run your own WordPress site and many other things.
Notes - Access is limited to clients within the TU-BS network. If you want to work from home, you may consider using a VPN.
- Most Important: Always consider security! When you put any code in your
.playground directory, it is your responsibility! In case of questions you may contact Frank Steinberg. |
