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CalWeb-in-a-Box Pilot

What is CalWeb-in-a-Box?

CalWeb-in-a-Box is a pilot service offered by Web Applications group in IST. The service offers Joomla, Drupal, and Wordpress installation as well as a MySQL database. Custom website development with any of the tools is also available at additional cost.

Who are the targeted clients for CalWeb-in-a-Box?

This service is targeted for campus departments and units as well as faculty members who want a website or a blog but do not have time or resources to spend on maintaining their sites and applying security upgrades. It is also for current campus departments who have their websites developed in Mambo, Joomla, or other content management systems by contractors and are now left without a maintenance agreement.

What is included in CalWeb-in-a-Box pilot service?

The pilot service includes provisioning a website with berkeley.edu URL address. It provides one GB of disk space with 50 GB of data transfer per month. It includes installation of Joomla, Drupal, or Wordpress tools, MySQL database, and any "mainstream" components and modules such as Gallery and Calnet Authentication, if they are required by the website. It also includes upgrades and security patching of Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress and installed third party modules and components.

What is not included in CalWeb-in-a-Box?

The service does not include shell access. The websites cannot contain any restricted data, shopping cart, or e-commerce.

Features Chart

Feature CalWeb-in-a-Box
Platform Unix
Operating System Various flavors of Unix
Highly Available yes
Environment(s) Prod
Web Server Apache
Language/Tools Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress
Database Connectivity MySQL
Network Bandwidth 60 GB per month
Data Transfer $20 each additional 5 GB per month
Restricted Data no
Standard Disk Storage 1 GB
Additional Disk Storage available at additional cost
Backup Database and file system backup is included. Additional services are available at additional cost.
URL Registration yes
Website Statistics yes
Wiki engine no
Code Migration customer-managed
Service Availability Hours 24x7 except for maintenance windows
Support Availability Hours 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, excluding holidays
Setup Fee $0.00
Monthly Recurring Fee $100.00
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