How to deploy on a web hosting service ?

mohamida

I'm going to host my website on a Web host service.
Should i ask them to register for 1 domain (www.mycompany.com) or for 2 domains (www.mycompany.com and push.mycompany.com) ?
Should they configure their dns to make this (those) urls point to the public ip ?

Alessandro Alinone

In order to be able to use standard HTTP ports (80) for both your Web Server and your Lightstreamer Server, you should register two hostnames, e.g.: www.mycompany.com and push.mycompany.com.

This implies you should use two different public IP addresses for the two servers. In case you are using one physical machine for the two servers, you will need two network cards or two virtual machines.

mohamida

In my case, i have the 2 servers (tomcat:80 and lightstreamer:8081) on the same machine.
is there any additional configuration i have to make ? (in addition to having 2 network cards)

And why do i need 2 network cards ?

use standard HTTP ports (80) for both your Web Server and your Lightstreamer Server

Does that mean that the 2 servers MUST use the same port (80) ?

Alessandro Alinone

No, the 2 server must not necessarily use the same port, but it is recommended, as there are many corporate firewalls out there preventing any ports other than 80 and 443 to be accessed. So, if you want the maximum accessibility for your application, you should avoid using non-standard ports, like 8081.

If you decide to go for two different ports, then you don't need two network cards, you don't need two public IP addresses, and you don't need two different hostnames.

mohamida

If you decide to go for two different ports, then you don't need two network cards, you don't need two public IP addresses, and you don't need two different hostnames.

So 2 different ports, 1 network card, 1 public address.
In this case, i have to register for 1 domain ? (www.mycompany.com)
So what to do with the other ? (push.mycompany.com)

Alessandro Alinone

In that case you don't need to register push.mycompany.com.

mohamida

What should i put in setDomain(), setLSHost(), and setLSPort() ?

Alessandro Alinone

setDomain: mycompany.com
setLSHost: www.mycompany.com
setLSPort: 8081

mohamida

Many thanks to you