Linux foundation
The hosting environment runs on Linux, providing the operating system layer for web services, application processes, files, and databases.
Linux OS
System layer
Hosting platform stack
A proven web stack, built for everyday hosting
Your sites run on Linux with cloud NVMe storage, an Nginx frontend, Apache backend, PHP with FPM, and MySQL. Each layer has a clear job in serving pages, running application code, and storing data.
Linux OS
Cloud NVMe
PHP + FPM
Request flow
How a dynamic page moves through the platform
Nginx frontend
Receives incoming web traffic
Apache backend
Handles site configuration and application requests
PHP + FPM
Runs dynamic application code
MySQL
Stores application data
Cloud NVMe storage
Fast storage underneath the hosting environment
Linux OS
Cloud NVMe
Nginx
Apache
PHP + FPM
MySQL
Platform layers
Each layer does one job well
The platform combines familiar web technologies in a layered architecture, from the operating system and storage to request handling, application execution, and databases.
Cloud NVMe storage
Website files and platform data are backed by cloud NVMe storage, giving the stack a modern, high-speed storage layer.
Cloud storage
NVMe
Nginx at the frontend
Nginx sits at the frontend of the web stack, receiving HTTP traffic before requests are passed deeper into the hosting environment.
HTTP frontend
Nginx
Apache at the backend
Apache provides the backend web-server layer and preserves the flexible site-level configuration many hosting applications expect.
.htaccess
mod_rewrite
PHP with FPM
Dynamic PHP applications run through FPM, keeping PHP execution separate from the web-server layer and ready to process application requests.
PHP
FPM
MySQL databases
MySQL provides the database layer used by content management systems and other database-backed web applications.
MySQL
SQL database
A layered frontend and backend
Instead of making one web server handle every role, the platform separates the public-facing frontend from the backend that processes site-specific requests.
Nginx receives traffic at the frontend of the hosting stack.
Apache handles backend requests and site-level web configuration.
PHP runs through FPM when a dynamic application needs code execution.
example.com
1. Nginx frontend
Incoming HTTP request
2. Apache backend
Site rules and backend request handling
PHP + FPM
Application execution
MySQL
Application data
Related features
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