Migrating WordPress to cloudron from managed vps
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Hi!
I have been using cloudron on a Vps for some personal apps and I'm enjoying it so much!
It made me think that Maybe i should also ditch my managed vps by hetzner, get a better vps from them or netcup and Install clodron. I don't have so much sysadmin knowledge.Some of my problems with managed hetzner vps is that it's apache and also they don't say what kind of cpu it is. The Cpu performance is also not consistent and has a lot of variety throughout the day.
Just a couple of questions before i do the switch :
- Is WordPress app on cloudron only with Apache? Is there any way to use nginx web server?
- Can I choose php version for my WordPress installation? I have an app connected to the Vps that requires a specific php version.
- I saw the WordPress installation has a redis configuration, do i need to install a new plugin and connect it to that config or is it pre-configured in the WordPress itself?
- Since I'm migrating wp, I'm gonna use updraftplus and it's gonna replace everything with my previous wp instance. Would this be safe or will it break some pre-configured stuff on cloudron?
- What are some advantages/disadvantages of installing wp app directly VS using LAMP?
Sorry for the noob questions!
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Hello @Miroo and welcome to the Cloudron forum
@Miroo said in Migrating WordPress to cloudron from managed vps:
Is WordPress app on cloudron only with Apache?
The WordPress app is running Apache 2 inside with MPM. But above all apps is running NGINX handling traffic.
@Miroo said in Migrating WordPress to cloudron from managed vps:
Is there any way to use nginx web server?
No, and with Cloudron you don't need to worry about that.
The WordPress Apps Apache 2 can also be tweaked to your liking.On that note. Cloudron offers the WordPress App as a Managed and Developer version.
Docs here:- https://docs.cloudron.io/packages/wordpress-managed/
- https://docs.cloudron.io/packages/wordpress-developer/
@Miroo said in Migrating WordPress to cloudron from managed vps:
Can I choose php version for my WordPress installation? I have an app connected to the Vps that requires a specific php version.
The WordPress app is using PHP version 8.3.6 and can't be changed.
The LAMP app offers PHP Version selection so if this is a must-have, you might need to install WordPress inside the LAMP app yourself.
But, if your WordPress requires a very specific PHP version, why is that? Outdated custom code? Outdated plugins?
I recommend getting rid of this limitation since it also blocking PHP security updates for you.
@Miroo said in Migrating WordPress to cloudron from managed vps:
I saw the WordPress installation has a redis configuration, do i need to install a new plugin and connect it to that config or is it pre-configured in the WordPress itself?
Cloudron takes care of this, you don't need to configure that.
@Miroo said in Migrating WordPress to cloudron from managed vps:
Since I'm migrating wp, I'm gonna use updraftplus and it's gonna replace everything with my previous wp instance. Would this be safe or will it break some pre-configured stuff on cloudron?
I can't write a definite answer to that.
It seems other people might have had issues, but you can only know by trying.
For other posts regarding updraftplus see https://forum.cloudron.io/search?term=updraftplus&in=titlesposts
@Miroo said in Migrating WordPress to Cloudron from managed vps:
What are some advantages/disadvantages of installing wp app directly VS using LAMP?
One advantage of the LAMP app I already mentioned, the selection of the PHP version.
But the disadvantage is that you will need to take care of every WordPress update yourself.
Also, you will miss the app isolation and sandboxing of WordPress, meaning you have more responsibility to make sure your WordPress stays secure.I would recommend trying the migration first with the managed WordPress app and see if issues arise.
While doing that, you can create a Post in the @wordpress-managed category and while doing that writing a blog style post.
This way, if issues arise, people here can follow your steps and help very fast.
If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate and keep asking.
We are always happy to help.
