Good to know

While our goal is to make things simple and easy to use without the need to read manuals first, there are still some important things you should be aware of, to make your experience better from the beginning, especially when you didn't use hosted/managed Aegir before.

07 Jan 2014

Hosting Systems Security

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Our hosted Aegir service comes with many built-in security monitoring and autonomous attack prevention systems and agents, working out of the box. Read more »

30 Dec 2012

Are there any specific good habits to learn?

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QHow to avoid issues with files/directories access permissions, breaking later even some Aegir task like site clone/migrate, and h Read more »

27 Aug 2019

Supported, Enabled, Disabled - a complete list

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IThere are modules supported by Octopus, but not bundled by default or not enabled, and there are also some bundled, useful or per

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30 May 2016

LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates

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#-### Let’s Encrypt free SSL certificates are supported directly in Aegir
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  You can find these important Let’s Encrypt topics discussed below:

  # Introduction
  # Before wRead more »

21 Jul 2015

Running scheduled sites cron in Aegir

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QHow to run scheduled cron for sites hosted in the Aegir system and is it still possible to run cron manually or maybe remotely, wh Read more »

09 Feb 2015

Modules enabled or disabled automatically

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QWhy some modules are magically enabled and other magically disabled every morning – also, is there a list of modules I should avo Read more »

07 Feb 2015

Aegir and remote backups rotation policy

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Our hosted Aegir service comes with a few backup strategies available. There are backups we manage on our side, for all your files and databases. Read more »

02 Jul 2014