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Server Technologies Supported on Cloud Sites

  • Article ID: 1375
  • Last updated on December 19, 2012
  • Authored by: Rackspace Support
  • (21 Comments)

 

Cloud Sites currently supports the following versions of the software:

 

Technology Versions Supported

Linux

PHP

5.3 and 5.4

Apache

2.2

MySQL

5.0, 5.1

Windows

ASP.NET

2.0, 3.5 SP1, 4.0, and 4.5

Windows Server

2008, 2008 R2

IIS

7.0, 7.5

MS SQL Server

2008, 2012

 



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21 Comments

Hi,

Can we create a demo web application in asp.net 4.0 with the help of cloud .

Thanks
Naveen.
By naveen sharma on Oct. 20, 2012

Naveen,

Our Cloud Sites technology supports the .NET 4.0 framework with IIS 7.0. We have many customers using these technologies to host web applications on the Cloud Sites platform.

To get started simply log into the cloud sites control panel at manage.rackspacecloud.com and select Hosting -> Cloud Sites -> Add site. During the set up you will asked to select the underlying technology. To use .NET select the option, "Windows Server 2008 / IIS 7 / .NET 4.0". Good luck!

Evan,
Rackspace Product Evangelist
By evan.nabors on Nov. 2, 2012

Hi,
Does cloud sites has built-in CPanel? Normally all other hosting providers supports this.

Thanks
Sachin Ramdasi
By Sachin Ramdasi on Nov. 18, 2012

You don't get a cPanel install with Cloud Sites, since you don't get that level of access to the backend on Cloud Sites - we handle optimizing the web server and other backend software for you. There is an instance of phpMyAdmin that can be used to control the database on Cloud Sites.

If you need a deeper level of control over your server configuration you might look at setting up a Cloud Server instead, since that would let you control all aspects of the server.
By jered.heeschen on Nov. 19, 2012

We want to upgrade our account to support SSL. What we need to do?
By gobsalamanca on Dec. 11, 2012

If you have a certificate you can install it on Cloud Sites and have your site support SSL. Details are in this article:

http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/rackspace-cloud-sites-first-48-6-3-configuring-ssl-on-your-websites
By jered.heeschen on Dec. 11, 2012

how instal php
By deepika on Jan. 22, 2013

To use PHP on Cloud Sites you'll need to set your site's technology to "Linux / PHP". You can make the change under the "Features" tab for your site, then the "Change Technology" button.
By jered.heeschen on Jan. 22, 2013

We are looking at solutions on how to extract SMPTE UMID from AV and store in the cloud DW.

Do you have any such solution?
By NM on Feb. 23, 2013

We provide a platform for hosting, but unfortunately don't provide any services that would help with that directly. You could run an application on Cloud Sites (using PHP or .NET) that would handle the UMID and storage, but all we could support would be the underlying hosting architecture.
By jered.heeschen on Feb. 23, 2013

Can I do a remote connection to do some edits to my database base directly ?
& please how ca I do backup and restoring my database
By Mohamed Hefny on Apr. 21, 2013

You can't connect from outside our network, but you can set up a tool like PHPmyadmin to let you access the database.

For backups, I'd suggest the ZipIt tool:

http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/zipit-backup-utility
By jered.heeschen on Apr. 21, 2013

Hi,

I am trying to run a pinterest type site. The site required the following. Will my site requirments work with cloud sites?

PHP

Versions 5.1.0 - 5.3.x. 5.3.x is recommended.
PHP Extensions

Reflection extension
PCRE extension
SPL extension
PDO MySQL extension
GD extension with gif/jpeg read/write and FreeType support
CURL extension

PHP Settings

Memory limit >= 32M
.htaccess and mod_rewrite enabled

MySQL
Version 4.1 or higher

Cron Jobs

By Justin on Apr. 28, 2013

Good morning Justin,

Everything you have posted is available on Cloud Sites. In the future, you can find this information easily by using a phpinfo.php file on your site and visiting that page in a browser. The following article will show you how to set one up:

http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/what-is-phpinfo-how-can-i-run-it
By chris.farmer on Apr. 29, 2013

Hi, can i install a moodle v2.0 in cloud sites?
By Evelin on May. 4, 2013

Hello Evelin,

The latest version of Moodle (2.4.3+) has been tested to work on Cloud Sites with the following 2 changes. If you are installing a new instance of Moodle, these changes will need to be made before attempting the installation:

1) Moodle versions 1.8+ require the utf8 character set, which is not the current default on Cloud Sites. You can change this on your database by running the following command in phpMyAdmin:

ALTER DATABASE databasename CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

2) Due to the nature of our MySQL environment, you will also need to change the session transaction isolation level from READ COMMITTED to REPEATABLE READ:

Assuming the Moodle installation is in your base content directory, open up the following file using a text editor: domain.com/web/content/lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php

Search for and comment out: $sql = "SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED";
Replace with the following: $sql = "SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ";

I hope that this helps, please feel free to let us know if you have any further questions!
By chris.farmer on May. 6, 2013

Hi, would like to check with you is there any kind of security measures in place? We probably running a CRM on your Cloud Site. Please advise. Thanks!
By Alan Kee on May. 7, 2013

You can see a high-level overview of Cloud Sites security here:

http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/cloud-sites-website-security

If you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask.
By jered.heeschen on May. 7, 2013

Is it still the case the modx sites don't work on could sites because of the odd snowflake approach you guys use in your NFS implementation?
By Dylan Wood on May. 13, 2013

Is there any way to estimate how much CPU cycles a small HTML/CSS website with ~ 50 hits per day would use at the end of the month ?

I am trying to estimate the amount of sites that I could host with the 150$ plan without going over.
By Alex on May. 23, 2013

Hi Alex, you can see some estimates of what the 10,000 CPU cycles included in the plan will cover here:

http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/frequently-asked-question/how-many-compute-cycles-will-my-applications-use

It sounds like you'd fall comfortably within the allotted number of cycles.
By jered.heeschen on May. 24, 2013

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