Server and hosting setup
VPS or cloud hosting configured and hardened: firewall, SSL, updates and access control, for WordPress, PHP, Node.js and Next.js apps.
Services · Hosting & DevOps
Hosting, servers and deployments, set up properly and kept that way
A site is only as reliable as the server under it. We set up hosting, deployments, DNS and backups for the sites and apps we build or inherit, then keep them patched and monitored, so a failed deploy or a full disk is our problem, not your customers'.
- Billing
- Monthly retainer
- Retainers from
- $750/month
- Backups
- Restore-tested
- Hours
- 8–4 CST
Is this you?
- Your site is on a server nobody looks after, and you'd only find out it was down from a customer.
- Deploying an update is a manual, nervous job that only one person knows how to do.
- You have backups, but nobody has ever tried restoring one.
What's included
Docker and deployments
Containerised apps and repeatable deployments, so releases are one step and rolling back is too.
DNS, Cloudflare and email records
Domains, Cloudflare caching and security, and the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records that keep your email out of spam.
Backups and monitoring
Scheduled backups restored at least once to prove they work, plus uptime and error monitoring that alerts us first.
Hosting automation
Client areas and billing for hosting businesses on WHMCS, with custom themes and modules.
How it works
- 01 / 04
Audit
What runs where, who has access, and what would happen if it went down today.
- 02 / 04
Fix
Access, backups and monitoring first, then deployments and performance.
- 03 / 04
Document
Servers, credentials and procedures written down and handed to you.
- 04 / 04
Run monthly
Patching, monitoring and a short monthly report of what we did.
Related work
In-house product
Account Trail
Our own free, open-source accounting app for freelancers and small businesses. We designed, built and run it: invoicing, expenses, stock, budgets, reports and multi-currency, with a self-hosted option.
Read the case study: Account TrailUS web hosting
JapRox Host
A hosting company's website and client area on WHMCS, with custom theme and module development.
Canadian online retail
Maham Creations
A WooCommerce store, plus the server administration behind it.
Pricing
Hosting and server management runs on a maintenance retainer from $750/month. A one-off server setup or move is a fixed-price project from $2,500.
For agencies
Host and manage your clients' sites under your brand. We do the server work and answer the tickets.
FAQ
Hosting & DevOps FAQ
We set up and manage hosting in your name, on a provider you own, so you keep control of the account and the data.
Not sure what your site runs on?
Start with an audit. We'll show you what's at risk, what to fix first and what it costs.