https://blog.fortrabbit.com/author/uk en Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:59:26 GMT 10 https://blog.fortrabbit.com/minor-platform-updates-2017-06 https://blog.fortrabbit.com/minor-platform-updates-2017-06 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev The update to the latest PHP versions caused a some downtime yesterday. We have updated our platform yesterday, nothing big, only minor version jumps. Then something went wrong. Here is what happened:

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/deploying-code-with-rsync https://blog.fortrabbit.com/deploying-code-with-rsync Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev Learn how to use rsync from the command line to deploy code changes (to our Universal Apps) incredibly fast. rsync was first released in 1996 but is still a handsome tool every web developer should know about, because it is still one of the best and fastest ways to deploy code without hassle. By fast I mean: easily 10 x faster than your average SFTP upload.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/mastering-http-caching https://blog.fortrabbit.com/mastering-http-caching Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev Which HTTP response headers a CDN edge cache actually reads, how they interact, and how to use them without breaking a dynamic site. Using CDNs has long been something in the domain of the Alexa top 100; something a small(er) website does not need or cannot afford. This has changed over the last years, with a multitude of pay-per-use, non-enterprise vendors on the market CDNs became affordable for everybody. This article intends to show you how to get started with this easy to use caching variant.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/php-71-released https://blog.fortrabbit.com/php-71-released Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog PHP 7.1 becomes available for all Universal and Professional Apps, after a waiting period to rule out early release bugs. Official release of PHP 7.1 was 1st December 2016. As usual, we waited for a bit to be sure that no major release bugs affect our customers and that at least the important PHP extensions are available.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/mysql-backups-for-pro-apps https://blog.fortrabbit.com/mysql-backups-for-pro-apps Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Automated MySQL backups become bookable for Professional Apps, after the feature shipped with the Plus plan on Universal Apps. Our recently launched Universal Apps support automatic backups on the Plus plan. We now ported this feature for Professional App MySQL databases as well.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/how-to-keep-a-secret https://blog.fortrabbit.com/how-to-keep-a-secret Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev Passwords in git are bad and environment variables are not perfect either. Where application secrets should actually live.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/new-app-cloud-storage-dropbox https://blog.fortrabbit.com/new-app-cloud-storage-dropbox Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog How to use a Dropbox account as persistent cloud storage for uploads on a New App, when the local file system no longer survives a deploy.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/new-app-cloud-storage-s3 https://blog.fortrabbit.com/new-app-cloud-storage-s3 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Set up Amazon S3 with IAM as cloud storage for a PHP app, and upload files to it from application code with Flysystem.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/10-pillars-php-dev https://blog.fortrabbit.com/10-pillars-php-dev Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev Ten principles of modern PHP application design, from dependency management to deployment, as we apply them on our own hosting platform.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-10-24-changelog https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-10-24-changelog Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Platform changelog for 24 October 2014: PHP updated to 5.4.34 and to 5.5.18 across the fortrabbit hosting stacks.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-04-14-changelog https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-04-14-changelog Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Platform changelog for 14 April 2014: PHP 5.4.27 and 5.5, updated Memcached and MongoDB extensions, and ZSH available over SSH.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/heartbleed-openssl-vulnerability https://blog.fortrabbit.com/heartbleed-openssl-vulnerability Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog This exploit is a vulnerability in the heartbeat of TLS in the OpenSSL implementation. We're patched up by now.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-03-30-changelog https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-03-30-changelog Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Platform changelog for 30 March 2014: PHP 5.4.26 and PHP 5.5.10 on the stacks, and a Phalcon update to version 1.3.2.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-03-13-changelog https://blog.fortrabbit.com/2014-03-13-changelog Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Platform changelog for 13 March 2014: PHP 5.4.26, plus pre-deploy commands and Composer prefer-source in the deployment file.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/php-5-5-and-improved-deployment https://blog.fortrabbit.com/php-5-5-and-improved-deployment Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog PHP 5.5 arrives with OPcache and optional APCu, alongside deployment improvements that make future platform upgrades quicker.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/new-year-cleanup-maintenance https://blog.fortrabbit.com/new-year-cleanup-maintenance Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog Announcing scheduled maintenance work for the new year, what will be touched and which downtime to expect on hosted apps.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/use-codio-with-fortrabbit https://blog.fortrabbit.com/use-codio-with-fortrabbit Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev Connect the Codio web IDE to a fortrabbit app and deploy straight from the browser over git. The setup, in a few steps.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/integrating-codeship-with-fortrabbit https://blog.fortrabbit.com/integrating-codeship-with-fortrabbit Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev Set up continuous integration with Codeship and deploy the result to fortrabbit, for teams that want tests to gate a release.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/how-we-estimate-hosting-recources https://blog.fortrabbit.com/how-we-estimate-hosting-recources Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev opinion How a hosting provider turns vague expectations into concrete plans: the Map your App decision helper and the reasoning behind it. One of the major problems all hosting providers have to solve is to make it transparent to the customer what kind of resources she needs. Our Map your App helps.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/worker-addon-released https://blog.fortrabbit.com/worker-addon-released Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz changelog We have a new Add-On: Workers! Learn about it and what you can do with it.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/xsl-supported-welcome-symphony-cms https://blog.fortrabbit.com/xsl-supported-welcome-symphony-cms Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz chronicles The PHP XSL extension is deployed across the platform, which makes Symphony CMS and its XML and XSLT templates run on fortrabbit.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/ssh-upgrade-php-cli-and-git https://blog.fortrabbit.com/ssh-upgrade-php-cli-and-git Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz chronicles PHP CLI and git become available inside the SSH account, so artisan, the Symfony console and other framework tools run on the server.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/video-install-fuelphp-on-fortrabbit-with-git-and-phpstorm https://blog.fortrabbit.com/video-install-fuelphp-on-fortrabbit-with-git-and-phpstorm Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev This video show you how to install FuelPHP on fortrabbit with Git and PhpStorm.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/multi-stage-deployment-for-website-development https://blog.fortrabbit.com/multi-stage-deployment-for-website-development Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev How to setup a production/development work-flow for website development.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/handle-your-dependencies-with-php-composer https://blog.fortrabbit.com/handle-your-dependencies-with-php-composer Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz webdev An introduction to Composer for PHP developers who have not used a dependency manager yet, and how it fits into deployment.

]]> https://blog.fortrabbit.com/about-writable-storage-in-modern-hosting https://blog.fortrabbit.com/about-writable-storage-in-modern-hosting Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ulrich Kautz opinion New-school cloud or legacy LAMP style — what's state of the art in PHP hosting?

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