Install Magento on a VPS

Magento is a demanding platform — SoftServer provisions the stack it needs and installs it from the panel, so you skip the complex manual setup.

Install steps

1. Open your server and go to Platform Installation.
2. Choose Magento. Use a plan with enough RAM — Magento is resource-hungry, so Powerhouse or Supreme is recommended.
3. Confirm the install. Nginx, PHP with the required extensions, MariaDB and Magento are configured for you.
4. Open the store URL shown in the panel and finish the Magento setup.

After install

• Point your domain under Domains and enable SSL.
• Manage the database from the Databases section.
• Enable Redis from the panel for Magento cache and sessions to improve performance.
• Turn on automatic backups and add background workers with Supervisor for indexing and cron.

Because Magento needs significant CPU, memory and specific PHP extensions, running it on a dedicated VPS with tuned resources gives far better results than shared hosting.