Autobahn is one of Loopia’s three web hosting platforms (alongside Apache on UNIX and IIS on Windows). It is optimised to deliver static content (HTML, images and video) at high speed, but cannot run scripts or other dynamic code.
What distinguishes Autobahn from UNIX and Windows
Autobahn is a clustered, redundant web platform based on the FreeBSD operating system and the NginX web server. It is specifically tuned to deliver static material such as HTML, images and video at high speed. Unlike UNIX and Windows, Autobahn cannot deliver dynamic content, meaning it cannot run scripts or other executable files.
If your website consists entirely of HTML files and images, Autobahn will work well for you. If you use scripts on your site, you can still use Autobahn for the static material and one of our other platforms for the dynamic content.
How to enable Autobahn
As with UNIX and Windows, you activate Autobahn at domain or subdomain level. When you register a new domain or create a new subdomain through the Loopia Customer Zone, you can choose which platform to use.
You can also switch an existing domain to Autobahn from the Loopia Customer Zone. Note that if the domain or subdomain uses a .htaccess file or custom error pages, the option to change platform is disabled for security reasons. To switch, you must first remove those files manually.
Important to consider
Files with the extensions listed below are blocked from being served on Autobahn for security reasons. This is because they may contain sensitive data or program code that would be visible to visitors, since Autobahn cannot execute them.
If you upload a file with any of the following extensions, the web server will return HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden.
- *.asp
- Active Server Pages
- *.aspx
- .NET Server Pages
- *.conf
- Various configuration files
- *.config
- Used by ASP.NET and others to store configuration settings
- *.db
- DBD databases and other database types
- *.fcgi
- FastCGI files
- .ht*
- All files whose names start with .ht (files starting with a dot, not file.html for example)
- *.inc
- Used by PHP to store information or files to be included
- *.mdb
- Microsoft Access databases
- *.php
- PHP script
- *.pl
- Perl script
- *.py
- Python script
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