The SpinupWP PHP SDK provides an expressive interface for interacting with SpinupWP’s REST API. It includes a pre-defined set of classes for API resources that initialize themselves dynamically from API responses. You can find the PHP SDK codebase and complete instructions at https://github.com/spinupwp/spinupwp-php-sdk. We also have a tutorial on how to Create a Custom SpinupWP…
With the REST API you can spin up servers and create and manage sites remotely without logging into the SpinupWP dashboard. This allows you to script repeatable tasks and automate your processes. If you host client sites, you can even build a custom dashboard for yourself and/or your clients. You can find the complete REST…
Installation To get started, require the package globally via Composer: composer global require spinupwp/spinupwp-cli In addition, you should make sure the /vendor/bin directory in your global Composer home directory is in your system’s “PATH”. Depending on your operating system this could be either ~/.composer/ or ~/.config/composer/. You can use the composer config –global home command…
This guide will help you set up a DigitalOcean managed MySQL database for use with new servers set up by SpinupWP. By the end of this tutorial, you will have the database hostname, port, username, password, and database name you need to configure the managed MySQL database as an external database in SpinupWP. We also…
This guide will help you set up an Amazon Lightsail managed MySQL database for use with new servers set up by SpinupWP. By the end of this tutorial, you will have the database hostname, port, username, password, and database name you need to configure the managed MySQL database as an external database in SpinupWP. We…
When spinning up a new server in SpinupWP, you’re presented with the option to install database server software (i.e., MySQL) on the server or provide the connection information for an existing, external database server. Why Use an External Database? One of the benefits of using cloud server providers like DigitalOcean and AWS is that they offer…
Unlike domain redirects, path redirects allow you to redirect from a specific URL path on your domain. The target is usually a different path on the same domain, although it is possible to redirect to a different URL altogether. This functionality makes use of the Nginx rewrite directive. Creating a Path Redirect To view and create…
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is still a popular way to connect to a web server and manage files on the server. FTP applications like Cyberduck and FileZilla allow users to connect to the server using a GUI interface similar to a computer’s file explorer application. SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol or Secure File Transfer Protocol)…
This guide will walk you through connecting an AWS EC2 Instance to SpinupWP. Before you start this process, you will need to sign up for an Amazon AWS account if you don’t already have one. Once signed in, navigate to Services > EC2. If you’re presented with the EC2 dashboard, click Launch Instance about halfway…
DigitalOcean offers you the ability to assign reserved IPs to DigitalOcean Droplets. Reserved IPs are static IP addresses that can be reassigned to different Droplets that exist in the same data center. This is useful if you want to implement a failover mechanism. You can assign a reserved IP to one Droplet and have a…
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