Web Hosting - Service Description

DoIT’s Web Hosting Service provides a community test and production web hosting environment for UW-Madison affiliates with rapid setup of new accounts/domains. Web accounts are hosted on four platform types: 1. Free Static HTML websites 2. Linux/Apache (PHP, Ruby, Node.js, MySQL, etc,) 3. Windows/IIS/ASP.NET 4. Java via Tomcat.

An outline of DoIT Web Hosting's service levels, options and pricing is available here: https://it.wisc.edu/services/web-hosting

All accounts include custom domains (e.g. mydept.wisc.edu, mysite.wisc.edu, etc.) and a high level of security with secure hosting over SSL (with options for restricted data), Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack protections..  Complete service documentation, technical support and automated nightly backups of all files and databases are entailed with the service.

We support many popular open source applications (Wordpress, Drupal, Moodle, Magento, etc.) and offer easy integration with NetID Login, Wisconsin Federated Login and Manifest.  We also carry strong partnerships with various DoIT groups that provide application development and Integration, Wiscweb and the office of CyberSecurity.

Free consultations and trial accounts are available to preview our hosting environments at your convenience. 

Please contact: webhosting@doit.wisc.edu for more information -or- apply for an account today at: https://webhosting.doit.wisc.edu/apply