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Why we do not install control panel?

We do install several tools for easier access to your server,
but in order to achieve speed and cheap price, we usually *DO NOT* install CPanel on the server.

For LAMP servers and similar "all in one" servers, usual speed-up is 50% or more.

For single purpose servers (example MySQL or Redis only), usual speed-up is 100% or more.

This means your server will be able to handle much more traffic for same price.

If you want to have cPanel installed, it can be done for additional fee.

At the moment (2017-FEB-27), this fee is 45.00 USD per month.

This is payable directly to cPanel website.


What I get installed on the server?

LAMP / Wordpress servers

On LAMP stacks we usually installing following software:

  • nginx webserver that serve static content and forward dynamic requests to the Apache web server
  • Apache web server with PHP module
  • Percona Toku DB
  • Redis for PHP sessions
  • Postfix mail server configured to send messages from PHP scripts
  • ntp for time synchronization
  • crontab usable for PHP scripts
  • git client

This configuration can host hundreds to thousands sites on single server, assuming sites fits in server disk space and do not have lots of traffic.

We have real live servers that hosts around 200 PHP / MySQL websites.

List of supported software can be found here.

Static content servers

On other servers we usually installing following software:

  • nginx webserver that serve static content
  • Percona Toku DB - not activated
  • Redis - not activated
  • Postfix mail server configured to send messages
  • ntp for time synchronization
  • crontab usable for backend scripts
  • git client

This configuration is usable for serving static content.

This configuration must be customized depening of your use case. For example for NodeJS, Python and similar technologies, we simply add forwading from nginx webserver to the service backend.

List of supported software can be found here.


How do I access the server?

Do I get root access?

YES, it is your server!

However most of our clients decided not to have root access, but rely on our support for everything.

Access to webspace?

Access to our servers is usually done using SCP or FTP.

Different accounts can be provided for different websites or projects.

Shell access is also provided.

Access to MySQL?

For management of MySQL databases we usually set up PHPMyAdmin.
sometimes we also left MySQL port open so developers can use software like SQLyog.

Different MySQL accounts can be provided for different databases.

Access to other databases?

There is no unified way to access your non-MySQL databases.

We usually left TCP/IP port open and the developer can use his/her favorite method to access the database remotely.

Access to crontab?

Crontab can be accessed only from shell account.

Access to E-MAIL?

We usually install RoundCube software.

SMTP, POP3 and IMAP ports are left open, so you can use your favorite mail program to check the mails.