[RESOLVED] Hosting asp.net website/application

[Nightwalker83]

Hi,

I have just started learning asp.net using Visual Studios 2010 and C# as the language. We started by creating a website in asp.net, which, got me wondering what technologies does a web-server need to websites or applications?

I have a web host which I use to host my non-asp websites and was wondering could I use it to host my asp websites.

Thanks,


Nightwalker

[baja_yu]

I think it's integral part of Windows Server since (v)2000. If your hosting provider is running Windows you're probably ok. The quickest way to find out is to test it. Put a simple asp page on your site that just returns a string or something, then try to open it in your browser.

[Nightwalker83]

Ah ok! I will upload a test page and see if it works.

[Nightwalker83]

Sorry, for bumping this thread but I don't think my current web-host Hosting24.com can host asp.net website/applications. I setup the account with Hosting24.com back when I was doing my diploma of website development at school a couple of years ago.

[gep13]

Hello,

Who is your web host?

The web page should make it clear which packages they support, and what technologies their web servers can serve.

If your current package uses a Linux Server, then short of them running Mod_Mono under Apache, which they are unlikely to do, then you are not going to get an ASP.Net Application running on it. This type of web host is specifically designed for doing HTML, PHP, Perl, MySQL etc.

If on the other hand you are using a Windows Server as the hosting package, then you are definitely going to be able to run an ASP.net application as the web server here will be IIS. The good thing here is that an IIS server will also be able to do all the things that the Apache Web Server can do. The downside is that a Windows Hosting Package is typically a bit more expensive because there are more licenses involved.

Gary

[gep13]

Sorry, for bumping this thread but I don't think my current web-host Hosting24.com can host asp.net website/applications. I setup the account with Hosting24.com back when I was doing my diploma of website development at school a couple of years ago.

Based on their features page:

http://www.hosting24.com/features.php

I would have to agree. They are NOT an ASP.Net Web host.

Gary

[Nightwalker83]

Hosting24.com is the host as explained in post #4. I can't see any mention of the servers they use in the FAQ. I will properly have to email them to find out.

Edit:

Based on their features page:

I would have to agree. They are NOT an ASP.Net Web host.

Gary

What features would an asp.net host have that my current host does not?

[gep13]

Hello,

Take a look at the features list for my current host:

http://www.blacknight.com/minimus-hosting.html

If you see a host starting to talk about IIS, .Net, SQL Server, then you know you are on the right track.

Everything that is listed on your hosts features are Linux hosted services, no Microsoft stack at all.

Gary

[Nightwalker83]

Ah, would I still be able to host my non-asp.net websites on the asp.net servers?

[gep13]

Yip, see the last paragraph in post #5.

You would need to check with a windows host that they have "exactly" what you need, but yes, 9 times out of 10 you will.

For instance, on my domain I have an ASP.Net MVC application, a PHP Blog and a WCF Web Service all living quite happily together.

Gary

[Nightwalker83]

Ah ok! Thanks.

[gep13]

Not a problem at all.

Let me know how you get on, and who you end up going with.

Gary