Web Server

What is a Web Server?

A web server is software that stores website content and delivers, or "serves", that content to users when they request it via their web browser.

A web server performs a similar role to a waiter in a restaurant. You order an item, the waiter checks it is available, and if it is, they bring it to your table. In the same way, a web server checks that the page or resource you have requested exists, and if it does, delivers it to you through your web browser.

What are some examples of web servers?

Examples of popular web server software include Apache and IIS. We offer step-by-step guides to installing both:

Web servers and MIDAS

To run a self-hosted edition of MIDAS, you need a web server with a Perl environment, such as Apache or IIS. Our cloud-hosted MIDAS systems run on our own web servers, so cloud customers do not need to provide or maintain a web server themselves.

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