Introduction

The CIT Cloud Architecture Team is often asked about the options for web hosting at Cornell. This is our take on the answer to that.

Options

AWS
- Your own AWS account
  - The CIT Cloud Architecture Team can provision an AWS account for teams wishing to use AWS services for web hosting. Any AWS service can be used, but some services that might be most relevant to hosting are S3+CloudFront, LightSail, and EC2. Be aware that managing an entire AWS account just for simple web hosting might be overkill.
- Using an existing AWS account owned by a ITSG group
  - Many Cornell units (e.g., schools, colleges, departments) already have an AWS account and they may be amenable to offering resources in that account for web hosting. Billing for the AWS services used can be targeted to specific KFS accounts (see AWS Standard Tagging).
Azure
Github
Cornell Center for Advanced Computing
- CAC offers web hosting for research applications
Departmental Web Services
- Several units offer web hosting or access to VMs
Cornell Services
- CU Blogs
- Center for Teaching Innovation
  - CTI offers support for academic web sites.
- CIT Services
- - Managed Servers can provide a managed VM in AWS or Azure. This lets you focus on the applications you want to run, without worrying about managing the VM.
  - Custom Development offers a variety of hosting options.