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…
In order for some of WordPress’ features to function, it will need write access to your site’s files and folders. This is true of the following features: Media Library uploads Adding/updating plugins and themes Updating WordPress core If you manage WordPress core, plugins, and/or themes via git, Composer or some other deployment process, WordPress will…
There are often situations where you need to perform a disk space check on your Ubuntu server. Perhaps you checked the dashboard widget and saw your disk usage was too high, or you received a warning about a backup failing, and you ended up here. The Disk Usage Command To quickly hunt down files or folders…
A UI to configure cron jobs right from the SpinupWP dashboard is on the roadmap, but if you are looking to add cron jobs for your sites right now, then here are the manual steps you need to take. Non-Root Cron Job If the scheduled command doesn’t need to be run as the root user, it…
Akamai/Linode is a popular alternative to DigitalOcean, offering affordable servers from data centers located around the globe. Their shared CPU plans offer a good balance of performance and cost and are well suited for deploying a web server tuned for hosting WordPress websites. Akamai/Linode is fully integrated with SpinupWP, meaning you can connect SpinupWP to…
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 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. Launch An Instance Once signed in to Amazon AWS, navigate to Services > EC2. If you’re presented with the EC2 dashboard,…
Looking to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting your next WordPress site but you’re not familiar with deploying AWS EC2 instances? We recommend that you use Amazon Lightsail. Amazon Lightsail extracts away a lot of the complexities around AWS and makes it simple to spin up virtual servers, while still using the same underlying…
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…
Let’s go ahead and connect a Google Cloud Compute VM Instance to SpinupWP. Before you start this process, you will need to sign up for a Google Cloud Platform account if you don’t already have one. Once signed in, navigate to Compute Engine > VM Instances and click Create. When adding a new VM instance…
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