Managed PHP hosting with custom Apache modules
In Jelastic 1.9.2 we’ve brought enhanced support for Apache & PHP to the table. Our latest Jelastic release now offers mod_security and mod_geoip – both modules are installed by default and ready to use as soon as your environment is created.
Apache is arguably the world’s most popular web server; in 2009 it became the first to serve over 100 million websites. Since then, it’s continued to gain momentum! As of June 2013, Apache was estimated to be serving 54.2% of all active websites globally, across all TLDs.
Apache & Jelastic… sitting in a tree
There’s a couple of reasons why Apache has become one of the world’s most popular web servers – simplicity and ease of use. The most difficult part of getting up and running with Apache is the installation – Jelastic takes care of that!
Apache’s modular architecture makes it incredibly easy for anyone to add or remove functionality to (or from) their server. In fact, most of the functionality that comes built into a standard Apache installation is in the form of modules and can be removed or replaced as required.
Jelastic Version Control Enhancements
Jelastic, the self-scaling Java and PHP cloud hosting platform, was recently updated to 1.9.2 for all Layershift customers. Jelastic 1.9.2 includes many new features, advancements and visible changes that make it easier to develop and deploy applications.
Source Control Management (SCM) or Version Control Systems (VCS) are a developers second best friend (their best friend being the Jelastic platform itself of course!), so we’re going to focus on those platform enhancements in this blog post.
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Git submodule support
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Automatic check and update feature (optional)
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SVN and Git update logs
Scalable PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 hosting
You asked for it and now it’s here! It gives us great pleasure to announce full support for PHP 5.3, PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 hosting across our Cloud VPS and Jelastic scalable hosting services. While PHP version 5.5 is new, PHP 5.4 has been available for some time on our Jelastic scalable PHP platform, but we’ve been eagerly waiting support for multiple PHP versions in the new Plesk 11.5 to launch this across our Cloud VPS range too.
Some of the top new features of PHP 5.4 hosting
- Traits allowing you to horizontally reuse code across independent classes in different class hierarchies
- Improved performance and resource usage optimisation, especially in some large apps
- Short Array Syntax to make it easier to define an array
- Direct de-referencing of function arrays
- Many other improvements such as: enhanced closure binding, ability to use objects as functions, binary number notation, native session handler interface, improved error messages and many bug fixes
Managed cloud hosting now with Plesk 11.5
We’re really proud to present the new and improved version of the Parallels Plesk Control Panel – version 11.5 for all of our fully-managed Cloud Hosting customers. Created based on a lot of feedback received from users like you, Plesk 11.5 comes with additional usability, performance and security benefits that make this an essential upgrade!
Plesk 11.5 with over 300 improvements
Plesk engineering team have been working hard to implement over 300 new features, improvements and bug fixes to improve performance, security and the stability of your services. The new version is more admin-friendly, requires less training time, and makes it easier to move from previous versions of Parallels Plesk Panel.
All new Parallels Plesk Panel 11.5
Hats off to Jelastic’s leading team
We all know the famous expression: “birds of a feather flock together”. This saying is perfect to describe the amazing group of people whose work made Jelastic the best Java and PHP PaaS in the world (in our opinion!). We wanted to show you who’s behind Jelastic so that you can see for yourself how it became the awesome platform you enjoy today.
Here’s a look at the headline acts:
Cloud hosting experts
Mark Zbikowski – Designer of MS-DOS
Mark Zbikowski, veteran Microsoft architect and developer, designed the DOS executable file format and was one of the key developers of Windows NTFS and Windows 2000/XP/Vista. However you feel about the Windows OS, there’s no denying the significant impact Mark’s prior innovations made. He began his career at Microsoft in 1981, working on DOS 1.0 as a designer, coder and liaison with IBM. His impressive career has also included significant involvement in OS/2, Cairo’s Object File System (OFS), and the NT File System (NTFS). Mark’s recent addition to the Jelastic team adds unrivalled technical expertise.