What is the difference between dedicated server,vpn server and webserver? - web

I am confussed about 3 server so you guys can help me?A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web is it right?

A webhosting allows you to store the files of your website online.
A domain allows users to request those files and view them on there browsers.
Getting a complete website pakkage should include both of them.
A vpn is a virtual private server. Also used for websites but in this case you need to configure your webhosting and domain al by your self (not recommanded)
A dedicated server is used to host gamerooms etc.

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How can I link my Domain that ive purchased on NameCheap to my React Project?

Ive been trying to deploy my react app with my Domain that i bought on NameCheap.
Couldnt find any answer (maybe, I am searching with a wrong keyward).
Do I use Node.JS to connect my Domain or is it possible to use the domain just with React?
I think you are confusing Domain names and Hosting.
Your app (React or React + Node or any other framework) needs to be hosted on a server (which can be a 'cloud' server or VPS - virtual private server). Well-known hosting services include Amazon (AWS), Heroku, Now (Zeit), DigitalOcean, etc.
Regardless of the hosting service, you will usually end up with a numeric IP address that points to your deployed application.
Domain name hosting is the other 'half'. When you buy a domain, you still have to set it up, i.e. you have to define the DNS (domain name service) entries for that domain, be it for serving a web site or app, a mail exchange, etc.
Your Domain name provider usually has an interface that allows you to edit DNS entries for any domain you purchased with them. This is where you will make the connection between your Domain name and your hosted app.
A typical top-level entry, known as an 'A' entry will be:
mydomain.com A 91.223.9.9
meaning route requests to mydomain.com to IP address 91.223.9.9 (the IP address you will have retrieved from your application hosting service).
If your project is not requiring node.js running in background, it is absolutely possible to host it with any hosting provider, including but not limited to Namecheap. If you purchased a hosting from them (or any other hosting provider) and successfully build your application (i.e. it works for you locally), just upload the contents of /build folder to your hosting server.
If your hosting provider is using cPanel (Namecheap does), this usually means that you should upload it to ~/public_html/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME.
If your application does require node.js, there are few hosting companies that offer this as well. I am not sure I'll be able to make any advertisements here, so please ask around. Webhostingtalk is a good place to start.

What does it mean to deploy a web site/webapp

When it comes to web development, I've heard of the terms web hosting and web server being thrown around. What is the difference and when is each used ?
Web hosting in simple term can be explain like like business of housing ,serving or maintaining files for one or more websites.
When Internet users want to view your website, all they need to do is type your website address or domain into their browser. Their computer will then connect to your server and your webpages will be delivered to them through the browser.

Windows Azure - Communicate between web site and VM without enabling external/remote access

I'm new to Azure and have set up an Asure web site which will connect to a SOLR instance on an Azure VM. The web site cannot communicate with SOLR (port 8080) unless I create an endpoint. In order to create an endpoint I need to provide an internal and external port, however I do not want to allow external/remote access to SOLR, other than from the web site itself. Can anyone tell me how I should allow the web site to communicate with my VM, without making the VM publicly accessible?
Thank you,
JP
As #hhaggan stated, you cannot create a virtual network connection, or secure an endpoint, from Web Sites to a Virtual Machine. One option to consider is the use of SSL+certificate to secure the endpoint.
If you instead deploy your web application to a web role (in a cloud service) or a virtual machine, you can then take advantage of a brand new feature called Endpoint ACL. In essence, you can whitelist / blacklist a set of IP address ranges that may access your SOLR external endpoint. You can read about ACL'd endpoints, and how to configure them, here.
Now: You might be asking yourself why this doesn't work with Web Sites. That's because Web Sites runs on a server farm, and sites don't get unique IP addresses (unlike Cloud Services).
if you are talking about Windows Azure Websites, I am not sure if this can be done but if you are talking about Web roles in Windows Azure Cloud service, here is something that I hope it can be beneficial.
Connect ASP.NET application to SQL Server in Windows Azure via Virtual Network http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj823135.aspx
you might also would like to have a look on this http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/virtual-network/ I don't think you will need it but I am just sharing it with you, it is for WIndows Azure Virtual Network.
let me know if this solved your problems or if you need anything else.

Enable Cross Domain IIS Web Deploy

Is it possible to use Web Deploy (wmsvc) across domains? That is, can I deploy from my dev box/build server in one domain onto a web server in another? I am able to do this inside the same domain so I know that I do have the web deployment service configured properly. However from another domain I can't even get the https://severname.domain.com:8172/msdeploy.axd to challenge for credentials.
The short answer is yes.
WMSVC exposes itself on port 8172, but it uses the https protocol. So long as you have a direct way to get from one network to the other, over that port, it will work.
We run all of our webservers on a DMZ, which is an isolated network with separate DNS, active directory servers, etc. I can directly deploy from my build server (on the *.hq network) to the *.dmz.com server over port 8172.
However, I did have to communicate this requirement to the networking group so that they could allow port 8172 to pass through our firewall. Also, I wasn't able to set up web deploy with automatic Windows Auth because the two networks had different domains and different sets of users.

Access LAN files from DMZ

We have an application that stores files on a file server in our LAN. Now, they want a web application to make the files available on our public web server (in the DMZ). What's the best method for accessing those files from the web application?
The options I've considered are:
FTP from the DMZ to the LAN server. (cheapest and easiest)
A second file server in the DMZ and the files are pushed to it from the LAN. (Better performance and security, but also more money)
Configure a reverse proxy in the DMZ which will talk to the web servers (web application) in the backend internal network. This should solve your problem as the real web application will be separated from the external world. Use firewalls, SSL, Client autentication for better security.
just avoid Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) all together! They're the "bluetooth" of networks

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