During web site development, you need to manage a lot of source files so it is important to keep them under version control. In fact it is very easy to get started. You can just follow the one minute's guide on using CVS to manage your files. Then you can compare any two versions easily and restore any old version if anything goes wrong. Later on, you can also set up a local CVS server for remote access.
We also describe how to submit your web site to popular search engines. In this article, we suggest you use the Sitemaps protocol to make it easy for the popular search engines to crawl your pages.
Once your web site is live, you need to monitor your hosts and services. The open-source Nagios monitoring software is a low-cost solution to this. We provide the Nagios monitoring system quick setup guide and also show how to configure simple Nagios service checks.
List of articles on management
- One minute's guide on using CVS to manage your files
- Set up a local CVS server for remote access
- Submit your web site to popular search engines
- Nagios monitoring system quick setup guide
- Configure simple Nagios service checks
- Account management on your web site -- part one