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Frequently Asked Questions

What applications are supported?

Cito supports PHP & NodeJS based web applications. Below is a non-exhaustive list of software known to work with Cito:

  • Wordpress & WooCommerce
  • Laravel
  • CraftCMS
  • Symfony
  • Drupal
  • Prestashop
  • Joomla
  • Magento

What PHP versions do you support?

We follow the official PHP support policies detailed here, but are happy to support some older versions if required. We encourage the use of up-to-date PHP for security and performance reasons.

Do you back up my sites?

We run nightly backups to an offsite locations. If you need file(s) or databases restored, please contact support.

Where do I find the admin password?

This is stored in /root/.adminpw on Cito systems. You must be root to view this. We recommend you use SSH key authentication to log in.

How do I set up SSH key authentication?

Please see SSH.

Can I use FTP?

No. Cito is designed with modern web development in mind; FTP is an old, often complicated protocol and as such we opted not to include it.

SFTP (using the SSH protocol) is supported. To log in you need to add your key- please see SSH.

How do I send mail?

You can use php's mail() function to send outbound mail from your Cito server. We don't support receiving mail on Cito.

Do you support Redis?

Yes! Redis is installed by default.

Do you run system updates regularly?

Yes- we run unattended-upgrades on a nightly basis and schedule reboots automatically where necessary.

How do you optimise Cito for performance?

We have a well-tuned stack with a number of performance optimisations applied to the various Cito components:

  • Tuned MySQL configuration for the server specification
  • Optimised PHP-FPM configuration to handle high traffic levels
  • PHP Opcache enabled by default
  • Redis available for caching integrations
  • TCP stack optimised, including BBR congestion control