This guide will help you set up a Vultr 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. Setting Up…
Cloud servers are remarkably reliable these days and require only a little maintenance to keep them running smoothly and securely. SpinupWP is an unmanaged service, which means that you’re responsible for that little bit of maintenance. The advantage being that your server is very unlikely to go down while you’re sleeping because of someone making…
This guide will help you set up an Akamai/Linode 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. To get…
This guide will walk you through connecting any provider to SpinupWP. You can connect servers hosted at any provider to SpinupWP as long as you provision a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 x64/ARM server with at least 2 GB of memory. Note that DigitalOcean and Akamai/Linode are both fully integrated with SpinupWP, meaning you can connect SpinupWP…
This guide aims to help you set up an Akamai/Linode Bucket for storing site backups. Start by signing in to Akamai/Linode. Create Bucket Click Create in the header and select Bucket from the dropdown. Note: Linode Object Storage is a globally-available, S3 Compatible storage solution, maintaining the same performance as your data grows. Enter a unique…
Once a PHP version reaches end-of-life status, it means it will no longer receive security updates and it quickly becomes a security concern for your server. Software that reaches end-of-life should be replaced with newer software as soon as possible. Assistant Assistant monitors the versions of PHP you have installed on your server and lets…
When using Rank Math for redirects, you may find that your sitemap isn’t working as intended. You may see a notification under Rank Math > Sitemaps or your /sitemap_index.xml page may be blank. This is because Rank Math creates a virtual sitemap dynamically that relies on using redirects at the server-level. To fix this, you…
DigitalOcean is one of the most popular server providers. It’s designed for developers and their pricing has always been transparent. You can connect servers hosted at any provider to SpinupWP, but it’s less complex to provision new servers with DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean is fully integrated with SpinupWP, meaning you can connect SpinupWP to your DigitalOcean account…
Smush and Imagify provide directives for serving WebP images in place of .png and .jpg images. In SpinupWP, caching configurations in the static-files.conf file already has a location block that matches .png and .jpg images, so the directives from Smush and Imagify are overwritten. Below we’ll cover how to add these directives so you can…
This guide aims to help you set up Amazon S3 for storing site backups. Start by signing in to the AWS Management Console. Create Bucket Navigate to S3 and click Create bucket. Enter a unique bucket name. A good naming scheme is “domain-name-backups,” for example, “hellfish-media-backups”. The region should be geographically close to your server location….
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