UCSB domain name

[392781]

I was wondering if UCSB Carpentry has considered getting IT to give it a UCSB domain name?

Something like carpentry.ucsb.edu? Or carpentry.library.ucsb.edu? The benefits of this is having an official UCSB domain instead of relying for one under github.io.

The process is very straighforward:

• Contact IT to request a subdomain like the 2 suggested above.
• Request them to create a CNAME entry in their DNS that points ucsbcarpentry.github.io to the new domain.
• Create a file called CNAME in the root of this repository containing just the domain name. Example CNAME contents:

carpentry.ucsb.edu

• Make sure that "Enforce HTTPS" is enabled (often unnecessary since GitHub Pages seems to do this automatically most of the time): https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/securing-your-github-pages-site-with-https

More information about the gist of this can be found here: https://docs.github.com/en/pages/configuring-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site/managing-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site

[ilessing]

If we decide we want carpentry.library.ucsb.edu the approval process is within the Library's IT organization and is typically pretty easy.

If we decide we want carpentry.ucsb.edu the approval process is a bit more involved. An informal request for comment gets circulated and then any unit on campus can object.

[392781]

I want to bring this back @josenino95 @srerickson. I think it would be highly beneficial to get a formal URL for the website. If there are issues with getting a ucsb.edu one, domain names are pretty cheap (so much so that I wouldn't mind paying for one myself in this case indefinitely and have done so for other orgs).