The Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) offers web hosting space for the purpose of course instruction and coursework for Cornell courses. This service is provided for course-related work by faculty, instructional staff, and students in active university courses. This service is provided for course-related work by faculty, instructional staff, and students in active university courses. It is not meant to be an archival web hosting service. 

Two web hosting options are available: static and dynamic. 

Static websites may use HTML, Javascript, cascading style sheets (CSS). They are hosted on a shared Linux platform and are served using the Apache web server. By default, the service provides a UNIX shell account accessible via SSH and SFTP and a limited amount of disk space.

No CGI or other programming capabilities are available. If you need those or other programming capabilities, the Academic Technologies dynamic hosting service is a better fit.

The static hosting package includes:

• Access to the static (courses) server through a UNIX shell account via SSH.
• File transfer access via secure FTP (SFTP).
• A web environment with 2.5 GB of disk space (more available upon request).
• 5 hours of support in using the static hosting environment.
• Daily backups.
• Regular system updates to meet university security standards.

To request a static hosting account, please use the Academic Static Web Hosting Service Request Form.  

For information about hosting dynamic websites, see Academic Dynamic Web Hosting. 

If you are not sure which package is right for you, please contact acadtech@cornell.edu.