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Creating and Managing

Overview Once you've got a Cloud Container server up and running, you're ready to start provisioning...

Connecting to a Container

Containers are able to talk to each other, this is done using a private network between the containe...

Swapping the Image

Swapping the image on a container provides you with an easy way to change the software that a contai...

Domain Aliases

Aliases allow you to setup additional domains or sub-domains that you would like to be able to use w...

Environment Variables

Environment variables are user defined key-value pairs that can configure the behaviour of applicati...

Protected Environment Variables

Some predefined environment variables are considered protected; this is because they're required for...

Backing Up

All containers are setup to perform automatic backups each night. Backups are included in the price...

Automatic Updates

Container Maintenance is a feature for Cloud Container servers that utilise our Server Management pr...

SSL Support

SSL provides a secure connection between your web containers and your visitors' web browsers. You ca...

Adjusting Execution Time Limits

The maximum execution time limit helps prevent poorly written scripts from tying up the server. The...

Upgrading Apache Image

In late 2018 we updated many of our Cloud Container images bringing the release of the 2.X.X version...

Renaming a Container

Renaming a container allows you to easily change the name or domain name of a container without havi...

Port Management

Port Management allows networking between Service Containers on your server. You can expose ports fo...

Caching

Caching can help reduce server load and improve the performance of your website or application. This...

Cloning/Overwriting

Cloning or Overwriting your containers allows you to create testing environments, push changes live...

Restoring a Backup

There are different Cloud Container Images you can use so the backup restore procedure may be differ...

Production Mode

This feature is only available on managed Cloud Container servers. Production mode is an indic...

Metrics Dashboard

Overview Every account that owns a Cloud Container server has access to a Metrics Dashboard. This da...

Accessing supervisord

We have recently released a new feature for our PHP images which allows you to access the supervisor...