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UCSF provides high-quality security services, using encrypted hardware accessible only via VPN from UCSF and a hacking-attempt detection system to block thousands of suspicious web sessions each month.</p> <p><em>All standard Site Builder websites are currently hosted free of charge.</em></p> <p><strong>Beginning July 1, 2017, custom websites will be charged $50/month for hosting. Custom websites include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Any website built without UCSF templates.</li> <li>All Starter Kit 1.0 websites, as part of an effort to phase out UCSF's older website templates. <a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/news-announcements">Learn more about IT's 2017 migration of most Starter Kit 1.0 websites to Starter Kit 2.0 in the May 31, 2017 announcement 禄</a></li> <li>Beginning July 1, 2018, all Starter Kit 2.0 websites also will be considered custom websites, as part of the effort to phase out UCSF's older website templates.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/zf16cpjx4ss2erpirnmf0bpx59xil0aw" target="_blank">Check the Drupal website inventory</a> to see what type of site you have.</p> <hr /> <p>聽</p> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols layout--50-50"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--first"> <h3>Basic Hosting Services</h3> <ul> <li>Server patching</li> <li>Monitoring and managing overall infrastructure to verify resource availability and capacity聽</li> <li>Drupal patching</li> <li>Standard modules patching</li> <li>Monitoring health of sites</li> <li>Running nightly database backup聽</li> <li>Managing version control</li> <li>Managing regular code deployments聽</li> <li>Keeping SAML (MyAccess)聽infrastructure available聽</li> </ul> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--second"> <h3>UCSF-specific聽Hosting Enhancements</h3> <p><strong>Web Application Firewall (WAF)</strong><br /> UCSF has a <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Web_Application_Firewall">Web Application聽Firewall</a> that blocks scripted attacks on our sites. We typically block 3,000+ attack attempts a month. The WAF also allows us to prevent Denial of Service attacks on our hosted websites.</p> <p><strong>Encrypted Hardware</strong><br /> UCSF's hardware is encrypted to prevent an intruder from accessing private files on our sites.</p> <p><strong>Private Cloud Hosting</strong><br /> While UCSF hosts on the cloud, we have a private portion of the Amazon Cloud hosting for our sites. This also limits access to private sites and files.</p> </div> </div> <hr /> <p><br /> If shared multisite hosting does not meet your needs, IT can work with its hosting vendor to create a custom solution. You will still be able to use UCSF's hosting services and enhancements.</p> <h3>Get Started with UCSF Web Hosting</h3> <p>If you sign up for a <a href="/ucsf-site-builder">Site Builder template</a>, your website will automatically be hosted by UCSF, free of charge.</p> <p>If you're working on a custom website, you can submit a <a href="https://ucsf.service-now.com/ess/web_requests.do" target="_blank">Drupal Web Hosting Request </a>to IT.</p> <ul> </ul> <p>聽</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="column"> <div class="sidebar_top"> <div class="region region-sidebar-top"> <div id="block-menu-block-2" class="block block-menu-block"> <h3><a href="/checklist-create-website" class="active-trail">Get Started</a></h3> <div class="content"> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-2 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-2"> <ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-2036"><a href="/checklist-create-website" title="">New Website Checklist</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1976"><a href="/quiz-do-i-need-website">Quiz: Do I Need A Website?</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-2021"><a href="/ucsf-site-builder">UCSF Site Builder</a></li> <li class="expanded menu-mlid-2032"><a href="/custom-built-sites">Custom-Built Sites</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first last collapsed menu-mlid-4061"><a href="/node/256">UCSF Web Patterns Library</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="leaf active-trail active menu-mlid-3921"><a href="/website-hosting" class="active-trail active">Website Hosting</a></li> <li class="last leaf menu-mlid-5791"><a href="/consulting-services">Consulting Services</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="section"> <div class="region region-sidebar"> <div id="block-fieldblock-node-page-default-field-blockref-sidebar" class="block block-fieldblock"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-blockref-sidebar field-type-blockreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id="block-block-21" class="block block-block"> <h3>UCSF Site Builder</h3> <div class="content"> <p>The UCSF Site Builder is a Drupal-based turnkey template built and maintained by UCSF. 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