During the break between Spring and Summer terms of 2021, we will be performing an operating system upgrade of the server that supports web pages in: https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~user This change will happen on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021. If you have any web content on this server that uses PHP or any other programming/scripting code, we strongly [...]
During patching this week (July 15-17), we will be pushing out a new version of Microsoft’s native Edge browser to CAT supported Windows 10 desktops. While there may not be a large community of users intentionally using Edge, it is often the default browser on Windows 10 that runs when many applications need to display [...]
Setting Up a Web App With Python + Flask Setting up virtualenv Basically a virtualenv is a "virtual environment" for python that contains its own python installation with separate libraries from the global python installation. Set up a virtualenv in your public_html folder by running virtualenv <~yourUsername>/public_html/yourDir>. This will create a [...]
MCECS Web Server Infrastructure MCECS web servers are configured with the following: Currently running Apache 2.4 PHP 7.0 with the following modules curl date gd gmp imap intl ldap mbstring mcrypt mysqli pdo_mysql pdo_pgsql pdo_sqlite pgsql snmp soap sqlite3 ssh2 tidy xml zip Support is provided for CGI PHP typically runs as the [...]
Redmine FAQ I'm trying to add a collaborator to my project; They're an MCECS student, but they don't show up in the list. What's going on? Usernames don't show up in the list until the user has tried to log into the projects web site at least once. If you're not [...]
Redmine Guide Redmine instructions Getting started You can create a Redmine instance from the projects section of intranet.cecs.pdx.edu . Redmine Intro - 1 - Logging In Redmine Intro - 2 - Managing Users Redmine Intro - 3 - Repositories Redmine Intro - 4 - Issues Redmine Intro - 5 - [...]
Connect to PostgreSQL How to access PostgreSQL from a Web Browser You can access PostgreSQL from anywhere - on campus, on a laptop, or at home - using this link: https://dbase.cecs.pdx.edu/phppgadmin/ NOTE: First, you will be prompted to use your MCECS account login/password to authenticate with this web page. Once you [...]
Connect to MySQL How to access MySQL from a Web Browser You can access MySQL from anywhere - on campus, on a laptop, or at home - using this link: https://dbase.cecs.pdx.edu/phpmyadmin/ NOTE: First, you will be prompted to use your MCECS account login/password to authenticate with this web page. Once you [...]
Tilde-free URLs User websites reside in your public_html directory and answer to URLs of the form: web.cecs.pdx.edu/~user/path This is an old tradition and part of web standards. However, due to a dramatic increase in non-technical users coupled with a rise in mobile computing, the presence of that tilde (~) has been a [...]
Password Protecting a Web Page .htaccess, which specifies the message users will see when they attempt to log in and the username they will use, and .htpasswd, which specifies the corresponding password The .htaccess file is capable of doing a lot more besides password protection, but that is beyond the scope of [...]