Webdock Documentation

How to enable Encryption for MariaDB

In this article we show how you can enable Encryption of your database data with MariaDB as well as force all new tables created to be encrypted as well as how to encrypt already existing tables in your database.

Let's Encrypt Root Certificate change affecting Android Users

In this article we describe what the Let's Encrypt Root Certificate change means for your Android users and how you can ensure maximum compatibility until at least September 1st 2021

Upgrading to PHP8 on Webdock Focal Stacks

In this article we provide specific steps on how to upgrade a Webdock LAMP or LEMP Ubuntu Focal stack to the latest PHP version.

How to Install and configure aaPanel on Ubuntu

In this article we will be showing how you can install aaPanel on Ubuntu as well as building a LEMP stack, pointing your domain to your server and setting SSL certificates with Let's Encrypt

API Quick Start Guide

Get a quick introduction on how to get started with the Webdock API

Introduction to our Perfect Server Stacks

Read more about how and why we configure our Perfect Server Stacks the way we do

Choosing the right stack

If you are not sure which stack you should choose, you can find some general guidelines here

Ubuntu LEMP 8.0

Learn how to set up the Perfect Ubuntu Web Server - Linux NginX PHP 8.0

Changing the Web Root

Enabling or disabling components

Using SFTP

How to get Shell Access

This article describes how you gain SSH access and execute commands as root on your Webdock server

Set up an SSH key

In this article we show how you generate an SSH key on your local machine in order to log in to Webdock servers

Working with the default admin sudo user

Learn how to work safely with the admin sudo user in order to interact with files and applications in your web root such as Composer and Git

Server IP Adresses

Read all about how IPs are assigned to your Webdock server and how to manage them

How to point your domain to your server using DNS

This article describes how you set A and AAAA records with your DNS provider in order to point your domain to your server.

Networking in North America

Switching profiles is not as easy as in the EU and IPv6 is not available in our North America datacenter. Reverse DNS also works a bit differently

Webdock Performance Guarantee

In this article we define what our Performance Guarantee really means, and what you can expect from our hardware profiles as a customer.

Webdock Server Benchmarks

Webdock is seriously fast. Click through to read more about how Webdock performs across our varying infrastructure.

Load Balancing

How to Secure Nginx with Naxsi Firewall on Ubuntu 18.04 VPS

This Article describes how you can set up and configure Naxsi firewall on a Webdock LEMP stack

How to Configure Nginx to serve Multiple Websites on a Single VPS

Learn how to serve multiple websites living in each their own web root with Nginx on Webdock Stacks

How to Configure Apache to serve Multiple Websites on a Single VPS

Learn how to serve multiple websites living in each their own web root with Apache on Webdock Stacks

Wordpress lockdown

Learn how our Wordpress Lockdown feature works and how it can help protect your Wordpress installation from hacks

Unhackable Wordpress

In this article we show how we secured a Wordpress site and made it nearly unhackable by generating a static copy of the entire website on the fly, using shell scripting and HTTrack

Migrating a Wordpress site to Webdock

Our friend Erik Hanchett shows in this video how you can move a Wordpress site from any server to Webdock.

A production workflow for Laravel using Webdock servers

In this series we'll show you how to create a basic workflow between your local development environment and a live environment on our server stacks, leveraging git and git hooks

Multiple Laravel installs in subfolders - Nginx rewrite rules, full guide

This document explains how to run multiple Laravel installs on your server in subfolders of your domain (or IP). Sometimes, as a developer, you need to quickly deploy a Laravel app without creating a subdomain, or opening new ports and configuring a firewal

Laravel and Redis 5 - Introduction, Installation and basic use

In this tutorial, we will explain the basic use of Redis with Laravel PHP framework. We show how you get Redis working on Webdock stacks as well as how you get Redis Commander working.

API Quick Start Guide

Get a quick introduction on how to get started with the Webdock API

API Documentation

If you are looking for detailed information on methods and endpoints, how to authenticate with the Webdock API etc. then our main Webdock API Documentation page is the place to start.

API SDK Wrappers

On this page you can get an overview of our currently officially supported PHP SDK wrappers. Currently we support PHP, Nodejs and Python.

Third Party Control Panels

Why you should avoid shared hosting

Why you should not run your own mailserver

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Privacy Policy & GDPR

Privacy Impact Assessment

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