Section 4.1.2 Server Registration Process
A Web Server may be setup for an organisation unit or a
resource area by a Web Administrator. A computer host may run a Web Server and
then have associated with that Server a number of Virtual Servers. The
registration process shall apply to both types of Servers. A Web Administrator
may be responsible for one or more Web Servers in their respective Division,
School or Office, or they may manage Web Servers on behalf of other
organisation units or resource areas.
The Web Server registration process shall include: (1) Submission
of a registration request by an applicant (either a Web Liaison Officer, or the
person responsible for IT management, or a person responsible for the Content
to be hosted on a Web Server) on behalf of an organisation unit or resource
area, which is then forwarded to the Web Administrator who is/will be
responsible for a Web Server run by or for an organisation unit or resource
area, or
(2) Submission
of a registration request by an applicant on behalf of a student club or
society, which is then forwarded to the Web Administrator responsible for the
Web Server run by a Division/School, or
(3) Submission
of a registration request by an individual (staff, student or other person
affiliated with, or recognised as being associated with the University) who
(a) runs
an Individual Web Server on a computer provided for their use by a Division,
School, Centre or Office
(b) will
forward a completed application form to the Director, Office of Information
Technology Services.
(4) Approval
by the MurdochNet Coordinator of an alias assigned by the applicant to a Web
Server. There shall be one alias in a preferred format that complies with an
agreed naming convention. Additional aliases may be associated with a Server
and managed via a Web Server Alias Redirection Service. An alias may use an
approved Murdoch sub-domain. An alias may also use an Alternate Domain Name which has been approved by the Director, Office of Information Technology Services. Use of an approved alternate domain name in association with a Web Server, requires the approval of the Web Administrator responsible for the Server that will use the alternate domain name, and authorisation by a Head of Division.
(5) Review
of a registration request by the MurdochNet Coordinator. Each Server shall use either port 80 or port
443, unless prior approval for use of another port has been obtained.
(6) Approval
by a Head of Division (or their official nominee, eg. Head of School, Head of
Office) of a Web Server registration request.
(7) Submission
of an authorisation request for a Web Server to perform the role of an Internet
Content Host.
(8) Authorisation
by a Head of Division (or official nominee) of a request for a MurdochNet
Server to perform the role of an Internet Content Host.
(9) In
the case of a Server run on a computer managed by the Murdoch University Guild
of Students, the Guild President shall authorise a request by a Web
Administrator for the MurdochNet Server to perform the role of an Internet
Content Host.
(10) In the case of a
Server run on a Divisional or School computer host and run on behalf of a
student club or society that is affiliated with the Guild, the Guild President
shall also authorise requests for a MurdochNet Server to perform the role of
Internet Content Host.
(11) Authorisation by a
Head of Division of a request for an Affiliated Web Server to perform the role
of an Internet Content Host.
(12) Notification of
the Server registration details to the Communications Services section of the
Office of Information Technology Services for inclusion of corresponding
entries in the University’s Domain Name Server (DNS).
Server Registration records shall
be maintained by staff responsible for the administration of MurdochNet.
Maintenance shall include the updating of computer host and alias information.
The maintenance of corresponding entries in the University’s Domain Name Server
(DNS) shall be the responsibility of authorised staff in the Communications Services
section of the Office of Information Technology Services.
Until the Server Registration System is implemented,
registration of Affiliated Web Servers shall make use of an Affiliated Web
Server Application Form as included in Schedule 1: Forms of this Policy. A form to be used to
register a Web Server that is run on a computer that is not on the Murdoch
University Network, is also included in Schedule 1: Forms. Completed forms should be
forwarded to the MurdochNet Coordinator.
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