Servers

Servers

Plans, subdomains, SSH sessions and health checks for your Launchpad servers.

Every Launchpad server is a dedicated Ubuntu instance that belongs to one account and runs one app. This section covers what you get and how to operate it.

• Plans: the sizes you can launch.
• Subdomains: your *.asklaunchpad.com address and how to rename it.
• SSH sessions: how short-lived, scoped access works.
• Health and logs: keeping an eye on a running server.

What's on every server

• Ubuntu LTS, patched
• nginx, running, ready to reverse-proxy or serve static files
• MySQL, running, ready for one database per app
• 4 GB swap
• A README.md in the home directory with recommended practice
• Trust for Launchpad's SSH certificate authority, so sessions work

Node.js, PHP-FPM and Python are supported and one apt install away; get_service_catalog lists exactly what we support.

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