Server Updates / Maintenance / Security Patches – What Updates Does vCanopy Take Care Of?
Introduction We often get asked whether anything is necessary on your part to keep your servers up-to-date and secure. In a nutshell, you are not required to maintain your servers, and this is included as a part of our service while they are still attached to your vCanopy account. TABLE OF CONTENTS What Exactly Does […]
Why Do You Schedule Server Restarts?
If you’ve received a notification that a server restart has been scheduled, the reason will be that new security updates are now available. We push all new security updates within 24 hours of them being released. If a reboot is needed for these updates to take effect, Unattended Upgrades schedules this for the following 02.30 […]
Cloudflare’s CDN and Upload Limitations
Cloudflare offer a great free service, and a part of that service is their CDN. This is available to all plans, including the free tier. If, however, you are using Cloudflares CDN and are trying to upload large files to your website, you may run into an issue with their upload size (HTTP POST request […]
The wp-config.php Location at vCanopy
To keep your WordPress configuration file (wp-config.php) secure, at vCanopy it’s stored one level above your websites /htdocs folder. Your wp-config.php file contains your database username and password along with other information about your website. We keep it hidden and protected. You can find it on your server here (site.url = your websites domain name): /var/www/site.url/ […]
How to Install Non-WordPress Sites/Applications on vCanopy
WARNING Please do not install non-WordPress applications on servers that contain your WordPress websites as this may void the warranty of that server and interfere with our ability to serve you effectively on support. Intro We’ve debated on whether to create this article or not for some time. Technically we’re built for WordPress, and while […]
Migrating Websites Away from vCanopy
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Procedure for Migrating via Plugins Plugin Recommendations GP-CLI Migration Scripts Overview Using GP Migrate Away CLI Introduction If you build websites for clients, at some point you will likely need to move a site from vCanopy to another host. We understand as agencies you will need to cater to your users, […]