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==Software deployed for website management services==
 
==Software deployed for website management services==
 
In order to provide the services listed above, the web hosting service must deploy the necessary software on their [[server]]s. This generally includes a:
 
In order to provide the services listed above, the web hosting service must deploy the necessary software on their [[server]]s. This generally includes a:
*server [[operating system]], such as [[Linux]], [[Windows server]] or [[Unix]]
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*Server [[operating system]], such as [[Linux]], [[Windows server]] or [[Unix]]
*[[web server]] software, such as [[Apache]]
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*[[Web server]] software, such as [[Apache]]
*[[website database]] program, such as [[MySQL]]
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*[[Website database]] program, such as [[MySQL]]
*website programming language, such [[PHP]]
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*Website programming language, such [[PHP]]
  
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The typical deployment combines Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, also known as [[LAMP]] (after the first initials of these four software elements).
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The web hosting service normally updates the deployed software to the latest versions, but sometimes for practical reasons they stay with an older version of the software. The user should thus verify the compatibility between the software version provided by the web hosting service and the version required by the user's [[Content Management System]] (CMS).
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The web hosting service may also deploy on their servers a wide range of additional programmes which are thus available for the users' websites.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 17:15, 19 May 2010