Drupal Hosting: Requirements, Composer Setup on cPanel and Performance Tips
Nov 28, 2024 Hosting Guides

Drupal Hosting: Requirements, Composer Setup on cPanel and Performance Tips

Current Drupal needs a recent PHP 8 version, MySQL 8 or MariaDB, Composer and SSH access. Small Drupal sites run well on cPanel hosting with SSH: install with composer create-project drupal/recommended-project, point the domain's document root at the web folder, and turn on Drupal's page caches. Larger sites with many editors or heavy traffic are better on a Cloud VPS with Redis and a CDN.

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Magento Hosting: What Your Store Needs and How to Choose a Server
Nov 27, 2024 Hosting Guides

Magento Hosting: What Your Store Needs and How to Choose a Server

Magento 2 needs more than ordinary web hosting: a supported PHP version, MySQL or MariaDB, OpenSearch for search, Redis or Valkey for caching, and ideally Varnish, all with enough memory. In practice that means a Cloud VPS for small and medium stores and a dedicated server for large catalogues or heavy traffic. Choose the server by catalogue size, traffic and how much of the administration you want to do yourself.

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UnderHost’s Next-Generation Server Upgrade
Jun 9, 2023 Company News

UnderHost’s Next-Generation Server Upgrade

UnderHost is taking a major step toward the future with a significant server fleet upgrade. This means more power, efficiency, and scalable resources for your online businesses. Our offshore hosting servers will initiate the upgrade process, ensuring seamless continuity with unchanged nameservers and minimum disruptions. For clients using CloudFlare directly, we will send a week's notice for DNS updates due to new IPs, ensuring a seamless transition and zero downtime. The heart of this upgrade lies in the concept of 'scalability.' Utilizing cloud networks allows us to scale our instances to accommodate more shared hosting customers continuously. Your websites and applications will benefit from improved performance and faster load times. By shifting to cloud networks, we are ready to accommodate more customers, offering improved performance and faster load times. Rest assured, our beloved features, such as Ruby, NodeJS, Python, PHP support, the WordPress toolkit, Softaculous, and site builder, will continue to serve you. But what does this upgrade mean for you? It's all about empowering your online presence. Faster CPUs, quicker RAM, and streamlined cloud infrastructure will ensure your websites and applications run smoother and faster, offering your visitors a superior user experience. As we embark on this exciting transition, we will keep old and new servers online. This approach will ensure a smooth transition, reducing potential disruptions to your operations. Our servers based in Canada will be migrated at a later stage, as those machines are relatively recent, with the last upgrade conducted in 2021. We will prioritize our offshore infrastructure first. We express our gratitude for your consistent trust and support as we continue to advance the frontiers of hosting services. We are dedicated to your success and eagerly anticipate boosting your online presence in this new age of cloud technology.

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