Cloud and servers: where websites live

A website is files on someone else’s always-on computer (a server). The "cloud" is rented power: AWS, Hetzner (German!), DigitalOcean. Upload code → the server answers 24/7. The domain is the name (kapnula.de), hosting the place, DNS the link. A backup is insurance: broken? Roll back. HTTPS is the lock 🔒: encrypted traffic.

• ●git push → deploy → the code is live. Logs say what broke
• ●A CDN caches closer to the user: a Tokyo site is fast in Berlin
• ●Hetzner from Bavaria is a German cloud giant with fair prices