At IU, what is the difference between Webserve and Mercury?
Webserve hosts departmental, faculty, course, and official student organization pages at Indiana University; see At IU, who can have an account on Webserve, and how do I get one? Webserve hosts accounts on:
www.indiana.eduwww.iupui.eduwww.iun.eduwww.iuk.edu
Mercury hosts personal web sites for faculty, staff, and
students at mypage.iu.edu; see At IU, what is Mypage, and how can I publish a web page there? Some
student organizations and faculty members may also choose to publish
their web pages on Mercury, as it is easy to create an account using
an existing IU Network ID.
Note: At Indiana University South Bend, the Mypage service is different from the Mypage service mentioned in this document. For more information, see IUSB's Web Publishing: Mypage.
Feature comparison
The following table compares some of the features included in Webserve and Mercury:
| Feature | Webserve | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | 1.3.39 | 1.3.39 |
| Connecting to server | SSH2, SFTP | SSH2, SFTP |
| E-commerce | Available | Not available |
| MySQL | 3.23.42 | Not available |
| Perl | 5.8.8 | 5.8.8 |
| PHP | 5.2.4 | Not available |
| Python | 2.3.6, 2.4.4, 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 in /usr/local/bin
|
| Samba | Available via Siteshare | Not available |
| Streaming media service | Available | Not available |
| Text editors | Emacs, nano, vi, vim | Emacs, nano, vi, vim |
| Transform | Available | Not available |
| Virtual hostname | Available for a fee | Not available |
| Web usage reports | Available | Not available |
Last modified on June 08, 2009.
