Deployment Instructions
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CAB230'“Deployment'Instructions”'
What%to%submit%
1. All'folders'and'files'must'be'copied'to'your'student'directory'on'e.g.'
\\fastapps04.qut.edu.au\n1234567'
2. Export'your'local'project'database'and'import'it'on'your'MySQL'database'on'the'fastapps04'server.'
3. A'text'file'named'“submission.txt”'this'file'must'contain'the'following:'
a. Student'name'and'student'number'for'both'students'
b. State'which'student'is'hosting'your'site'as'follows'(we'will'not'check'both):'
Our'site'is'hosted'by'[Student'Name:''Number]''
c. The'name'of'the'add'on'tasks'including'the'csv'file'upload'task'
4. Site'Diagram'(file'name'“sitediagram.pdf”)'to'be'placed'in'the'root'of'your'server.'This'is'not'to'be'
accessed'as'part'of'your'application.'
Deployment%of%your%client%server%application%
You'must'deploy'your'application'to'the'fastapps04'Windows'server.'You'will'not'be'able'to'login'
interactively'to'this'server'machine'but'you'will'be'able'to'upload'your'files'to'a'directory'that'has'been'
created'for'your'use.''If'you'have'not'already'accessed'or'configured'your'fastapps04'user'directory,'refer'
back'to'the'Workshop'4'practical'before'continuing.'
To'access'the'server'from'off'campus'you'will'need'to'use'a'VPN'connection'
(https://secure.qut.edu.au/itservices/qut/connectoffcampus/sas/index.jsp).'
SECURITY'NOTE:''In'order'to'access'your'upload'directory'you'must'use'your'QUT'username'and'password.''
DO'NOT'SHARE'YOUR'LOGIN'DETAILS'WITH'YOUR'PARTNER.''As'you'are'working'in'groups'nominate'one'
person'in'the'group'with'the'responsibility'of'uploading'all'directories'and'files'for'your'site'to'their'upload'
folder.'
Use'Windows'Explorer'to'access'your'directory'using'a'UNC'path,'e.g.'\\fastapps04.qut.edu.au\n1234567''
If'asked'to'authenticate,'make'sure'you'enter'your'username'as'"QUTAD\n1234567".'
Web%Server%Access%
If'you'have'not'already'accessed'your'fastapps04'user'directory'e.g.'\\fastapps04.qut.edu.au\n1234567'
Refer'back'to'the'Workshop'4'practical'before'continuing.'
You'should'copy'your'entire'web'site'to'your'directory'onto'the'server,'including'all'folders'and'files.''In'
addition'to'copying'your'files'to'the'server,'you'will'need'to'configure'your'web'application'directory(s)'as'
an'IIS'application'directory'using'a'specially'designed'web'admin'page:'
http://fastapps04.qut.edu.au/Configure'see'workshop'4'for'details.'
Only'the'root'directory'of'your'web'application(s)'should'be'configured'as'an'IIS'application'directory.'
You'will'be'able'to'test'your'deployed'web'application'from'a'web'browser'running'either'in'the'student'
labs'or'from'home'or'work'via,'e.g.:'
http://fastapps04.qut.edu.au/n1234567'
Remember,'however'that'all'development'and'the'majority'of'your'testing'should'be'done'on'your'local'
PC.'
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Note:'Student'directory'file'path'on'fastapps04'is'“D:\users\n1234567”''
You'will'have'a'disk'quota'of'10MB'on'the'server'and'your'SQL'Server'data'and'log'files'are'each'limited'to'
2'MB.'It'is'your'responsibility'to'make'sure'that'your'entire'web'application'(including'source'code)'fits'
within'this'quota.'
Server'name:'fastapps04.qut.edu.au'
Authentication:'Windows'Authentication'
Note,'this'may'not'work'from'outside'of'QUT'due'to'firewall'restrictions.'
MySQL%Server%Access%
Password(
Your'QUT'username'is'used'to'access'the'MySQL'database;'MySQL'does'not'use'your'QUT'password,'
password1'is'the'default.''If'you'have'not'already'changed'your'password'as'described'in'the'workshop'
practical'do'this'immediately.'
Using'MySQL'Workbench'to'connect'to'your'database'using'the'following'parameters:'
MySQL'Hostname:'fastapps04.qut.edu.au'
MySQL'Username:'n1234567'(replace'with'your'QUT'username)'
MySQL'Password:'password1'(change)'
MySQL'Default'Schema:'n1234567'(replace'with'your'QUT'username)'
Once'connected'to'your'database'on'the'fastapps04'MySQL'server'Import'your'local'database'as'described'
in'Workshop'10.'