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Introduction:

Chances are stackable is different than any web hosting solutions you may of used previously. We understand that terms like load balancer and container can be a bit confusing at first, but don't worry we are here to help. This guide should teach you everything you need to know to get your first site up and running.

Logging into the control panel:

Let's start by logging into the stackable control panel.
To do this click the login button on the stackable homepage. 


Creating a container

First, you need to create a container that will serve a website and files.
Click the 'Create New Container' button.

Choose the name, type, and memory size for the new container here.

Click the 'Create' button once more to create the container.

Creating a site

Next create the first site.

Click the 'Create New Site' button.

Chose the name, hostname, environment name and the container for the new site.


*note: the container is the server that will host the site and hostname is the domain name for the site.

Note the DNS is added automatically. It is recommended that you allow Stackable to do this unless you are not using us for DNS.
Click the 'Create' once more to create the site.

Creating a databse

Most modern web applications require the use of a database.
Click the 'Create New Database' button.

Choose a name and password for the database.


*note: the name of the databse given here is not actual name of the mysql databse, that name will be assigned automatically.


Click the 'Create' once more to create the databse.

Note: Magento requires a dedicated MySQL container.

Uploading files

Once a container, site and database(if needed) have been created we can start uploading site files.

Stackable uses the SSH/SFTP protocol for file management which is much more secure than FTP.

Let's first get the hostname of the container so we can access it.

The container hostname will show up next to the container name on the control panel.

This hostname, in conjuction with the container username and password(which is chosen during the sign-up process), can be used to connect to the container with SSH and SFTP

Below is a list of tutorials for connecting to a container via SSH and SFTP.

Viewing a site

For every site hosted on stackable there is a unique hostname that can be used to view the site before DNS has been changed.

To find this Stackable hostname click the next to the site in Stackable control.
This Stackable Hostname can be used to view your site beofre updating DNS.



Updating DNS

Once a sight is ready to be launched all that needs to be done to put that site into production is a DNS update.

The DNS Address for a site can be found by clicking the  next to the site in Stackable control.
This DNS Address is the address of the load balancer and it is where DNS needs to be pointed for the site.



Congratulations!!

Your first site on stackable is up and running!
Visitor Comments
  1. Comment #1 (Posted by Lesele)
    Thanks so much for this tutorial. It really helped a lot!
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