Autobahn is one of our three platforms (the others are running Apache under UNIX and IIS on Windows). Unlike UNIX and Windows, Autobahn is designed for at high speed deliver static material such as html, images and video.
What distinguishes Autobahn from UNIX and Windows?
Autobahn is a clustered and redundant web platform based on the FreeBSD operating system and the web server NginX. It is specially customized for high speed to deliver static material such as html, images and video. Unlike UNIX and Windows, Autobahn cannot deliver dynamic content, i.e. it cannot run scripts and other executable files.
If you have a website that is entirely based on HTML files and images, Autobahn should work just well for you. However, most people use some sort of script on their site. If this is the case for you, you can use Autobahn for static material and any of our other platforms for dynamic content.
How do I enable Autobahn?
As for UNIX and Windows, you activate Autobahn on domain or subdomain level. When you register a new domain or create a new subdomain through Loopia Customer zone you get to choose which platform you want to use.
You can also switch to Autobahn for existing domain names through Loopia Customer zone. Note that if you use .htaccess or self-designed error pages for a specific domain or sub domain is the ability to change the platform for disabled security reasons. To change, you must first remove them manually.
Important to consider
Files with the following extensions are for security reasons blocked for visit if they are placed in a domain or sub domain that are handled by Autobahn. This is because these files may contain sensitive data and program code that would be visible for visitors as Autobahn cannot run them.
If you upload a file with any of the following extensions the web server will report HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden.
- *.asp
- Active Server Pages
- *.aspx
- .NET Server Pages
- *.conf
- Various configuration files
- *.config
- Used by for instance ASP.NET to store configuration settings
- *.db
- DBD-databases and other database types
- *.fcgi
- FastCGI files
- .ht*
- All files that start with .ht (file names that start with a point, 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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