A centrally-managed Web Server is a registered Web Server hosted on a computer owned by Murdoch University with the hardware, operating system and Web Server software all managed by designated staff within the Computer Services section or the Communications Services section, of IT Services. Where the Web Server interacts with an associated database, the database is also hosted on a computer owned by Murdoch University with the hardware, operating system and database environment, managed by designated staff within the Computer Services section, or the Communications Services section, often in conjunction with staff in the Information Systems Services section. The host computers of centrally-managed Web Servers are 'owned' by the Office of IT Services, or the applications using the Web Servers are enterprise systems.

The centrally-managed Web Servers, the majority of which are run as Secure Servers, include the following:

Communications Server - https://wwwcoms.murdoch.edu.au/

used to deliver the Campus Directory

used to report on Internet traffic usage

Exchange Mail Server - https://www.mail.murdoch.edu.au/

Webmail for users of Microsoft Outlook

FTP Archive Server - https://softserv.murdoch.edu.au/

used by staff and students to download freely available software

used by authorised staff to download licensed software

IT Service Desk Server - https://itservicedesk.murdoch.edu.au/

used by IT support staff to add and track logged incidents

Lecture Recording Server - https://lectures.murdoch.edu.au/ilectures_admin/

used for access to digitally recorded lectures

MAIS Server - https://mais.murdoch.edu.au/

used to provide access restriction to systems and services, using the MAIS login screen

MurdochNet Development Server - https://wwwdev.murdoch.edu.au/

used by Content Providers to prepare material and preview before copying to the MurdochNet Host (Production Server)

MurdochNet Host - https://www.murdoch.edu.au/

used to host static sites

used to host Web-based applications

MurdochNet NT Server - https://www2.murdoch.edu.au/

used to host Windows Web-based applications

Online Unit Materials Server - https://online.murdoch.edu.au/

used to host teaching and learning materials

Oracle Internet Application Server - https://wwwforms.murdoch.edu.au/

serves Web interfaces to strategic application systems

Oracle Internet Application Server - https://wwwsis.murdoch.edu.au/

serves the Web interface to the Student Management System (Callista)

Proxy Cache Server - http://wwwcache.murdoch.edu.au/

used to host the Internet Traffic and Modem Time Quota System

Student Web Server - https://wwwstudent.murdoch.edu.au/mail/

Webmail Server for student email

Web Applications Server - https://webapps2.murdoch.edu.au/

used to host Web-based applications, including components used by the Portal

For problems connecting to centrally-managed Web Servers, contact details are provided.

There are several Web Servers managed for areas of the University (eg. Divisions, Schools) by staff members from the Computer Services section, or the Customer Services section of IT Services. Although the Web Administrators for these Web Servers are members of IT Services staff, as the Web Servers are run on host computers owned by Divisions and Schools, these Servers are not considered to be centrally-managed Web Servers.

Where the Web Administrator for a Web Server is not a staff member from IT Services, and the host computer is considered to be owned by an area of the University, although availability of the hardware and operating system may be the responsibility of Computer Services, the Web Server is not considered to be a centrally-managed Web Server (eg. gamp.murdoch.edu.au).

MurdochNet Host

Administration of the Web Server software for the MurdochNet Host, the MurdochNet Development Server, and the MurdochNet NT Server, is carried out jointly by the Computer Services section and the Web Services group within the Information Systems Services section. For a listing of other administrative services provided by staff in Web Services, refer to MurdochNet Administration.

For details of Web-based applications and utilities in use on the MurdochNet Host, refer to Applications Development.

Other Web Servers at Murdoch

For information on other Web Servers, including those run on Divisional, School and Office computers, refer to the Servers Index for details of availability.

To identify the Web Administrator for a particular Web Server, refer to the index of Web Administrators.

To identify what host computers are used to run Web Servers, refer to the listing of Hostnames and Aliases.