.:: TUTORIALS 

Uploading files/web pages on the Pegasus server

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Pegasus Web Account Information, Setup, FTP and Troubleshooting ::.

Pegasus Web Account Information

The University of Central Florida offers students, staff and faculty members a free Pegasus Web account. The web account is designated web space for uploading a website or webpage. Pegasus web accounts are automatically created for enrolled students. Staff and faculty members must request the account by filling the form labeled ACS Computer Account request form found by clicking on the following link, http://www.acs.ucf.edu/forms.html. 

The designated web space for Pegasus web accounts is 20 megabytes. To request for additional space, please fill out the ACS Computer Account Request form found by clicking on the following link,  http://www.acs.ucf.edu/forms.html.

For Pegasus Web Account for clubs and organizations, please fill out the ACS Pegasus Club Account Request form by clicking on the following link, http://www.acs.ucf.edu/forms.html.

For Additional information about the Pegasus Web Account, please refer to Academic Computing Support's accounts information page by clicking on the following link, http://www.acs.ucf.edu/accounts.html.

The username for the Pegasus account is the NID which can be found by clicking on the following link, the PID/NID Look-up Utility . The default password is PYYMMDD of the date of birth.

Pegasus Web Account Setup ::.

To set up the Pegasus Web Account, please follow these instructions:

Step 1. Click here for the tutorial to download, install and configure the SSH software to connect to the Pegasus web account service.

Step 2. Open the SSH software connection by double-clicking the SSH Secure Shell Client icon, circled in red in the picture below:

The screen below will appear. Click on "Quick Connect" circled in red.

Step 3. Enter the following information from the text box in the requesting fields.

Host Name:  pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
User Name:  Your NID in lower case
Port Number:  22

The image below is the screen that should appear, click "Connect" circled in red.

Once the "Connect" button is clicked, a window like the image below should appear. Click on "Yes", which is circled in red, to save.

Step 3. Once the "Yes" button is clicked, the "Enter Password" prompt will appear which will look like the image below. Enter the Pegasus Account password in the text box, circled in blue then click on "Ok" circled in red. The default Pegasus password is "PYYMMDD" of your date of birth.

*Note: If you cannot login into the Pegasus web account, please call the Helpdesk to get your password reset. The office number is 407-823-5117. Office hours are Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

A screen will appear like the following image once logged into the Pegasus Web Account.

Step 4. At the Pegasus prompt, type in ‘homepagesetup’ as shown circled in red in the image below and press "enter".

The screen will process the command and once finished, the screen will look like the bottom image.

The Pegasus Web Account should be successfully setup for FTP. If there are any problems, please contact the Helpdesk at 407-823-5117 for assistance. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Pegasus Web Account FTP ::.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This protocol is used for transferring files or "uploading" from a local machine to a remote server. Once the Pegasus Web Account has been setup and the hompage has been created and saved as home.html; the homepage is ready to be uploaded using FTP. Please follow the instructions below to FTP to the Pegasus Web Account:

Step 1. Open SSH File Transfer Client by clicking on the icon circled in red in the image below:

SSH's FTP client should appear like the image below.

Step 2. Locate the homepage and other files to be uploaded by searching in the left pane of the FTP client window. Use the "Up level" button, circled in red, to help locate files or folders of the webpage

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Step 3. Once the file or files are located, click on the file or files and drag them to the "public_html" folder in the right pane which is highlighted and circled in red in the image below:

Step 4: Once the files have been uploaded, the webpage can be viewed by opening a web-browser such as "Internet Explorer", "Netscape", "FireFox - Mozilla", etc and typing in this web address, http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~yournid. The webpage would appear like the example from the image below.

Double-click the "pulbic_html" folder to confirm the files have been uploaded.

Once the website is displayed, your Pegasus webpage can viewed through out the web. The web address to see your page is http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~yournid.

 

Troubleshooting ::.

 If the webpage is uploaded but it is not viewable in the web, please check these items:

  1. Make sure you run "homepagesetup".
  2. Make sure you are typing the right web address. it should be http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~yournid
  3. Make sure the homepage of the website is saved as "home.html".
  4. Make sure the webpages have the correct properties. Please do the following to verify the correct properties.

4 - a: Double-click the SSH FTP client icon cirecled in red in the image below to open the SSH FTP client.

4 - b: Click on "Quick Connect" to login to Pegasus Web Account and open the "public_html" folder.

4 - c: Right click on your homepage labeled "home.html" and click on "Properties", circled in red in the image below.

4 - d: Once "Properties" is clicked, a window like the image below should appear.

 4 - e: Make sure the checkboxes in the Permissions category are checked like the image below.

4 - f: Click on Ok and make sure all web-pages in the Pegasus Web Account have the same properties.

4 - g: Once the properties of the webpage have been changed, close the SSH FTP client and go to the webpage to see if the webpage appears, if the webpage is displayed, click on "Refresh" to see the changes.

 

If the webpage still does not appear, please call the Helpdesk for further assistance. Our telephone number is 407-823-5117. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5 pm.

 

This document was produced by the User-Services Group Help Desk at 407-823-5117 and is used for informational purposes only. If you have questions or concerns please contact us between the hours of 8am-5pm M-F.

User-Services Group Help Desk
Last Modified: 03/24/2004 by Francis Tran
Prepared By: The User-Services Help Desk