Nexcess Knowledge Base

We’ve made it easy for you to set up a Nexcess Cloud account. Before we get to the steps involved with setting up web hosting in the cloud, let’s find out what cloud technology is all about.

Let's examine the history of MySQL and MariaDB and see how they compare — MySQL vs. MariaDB — and the performance advantages behind why the Nexcess application stack is built using MariaDB.

Leverage the security of the SSH (Secure Shell) protocol. This article explains how to add an SSH key to the server for your Nexcess Cloud account and set up your SSH key at Nexcess.

Nexcess Cloud clients using Magento 2, WordPress, or WooCommerce can easily create cloud development ("dev") sites through the Nexcess Client Portal for a small monthly charge that varies by size.

As an advantage of cloud hosting, you can scale your web hosting plan size on demand to meet growth requirements. Learn about the ease of plan resizing for your Nexcess Cloud account.

Nexcess Client Portal Logs: Gain valuable insight into your web server's history using its logs! View error and access / transfer logs on a per-site basis!

Nexcess Cloud & Managed Apps: Optimize using Elasticsearch Containers & API! Enable a fast, scalable, open source search engine for large amounts of data!