August 13, 2012 at 09:23MODX Cloud: First Review
Quite unexpectedly, they issued an invitation to beta MODX Cloud. This is a widely touted development of MODX Revolution with unprecedented capabilities. But in fact, advanced shared hosting with a single control panel for a bunch of sites on the cloud.
In the future, this will allow us not to disperse, but to centrally update sites, backup and just enjoy working with clients.
While Cloud is in a state of closed beta, but I managed to take a look - and here is the review (there are a lot of clickable pictures in the post).
The cloud control panel is located at dashboard.modxcloud.com .
The login window reminds us very much of MODX Revolution , and this is not casual. The cloud works exclusively with Revo, Evolution support is not and never will be .
The control panel looks very nice, like the MODX adopted. It is written in ExtJS 4.0.7 , so there is no refusal from the “slow” ExtJS. Everything works smartly and smoothly.
The main menu consists of 3 items:
Home is the main section. You get to it after login. It contains a log of recent events, selected clouds and news.
Clouds - a section for managing clouds. In the terminology of this system, cloud is one site. Immediately created test1.bezumkinru.modxcloud.com , about him a little later.
Vault - storage. Very interesting thing. Here are all the snapshots and backups of all your clouds. The difference between the two is that the snapshot takes an image that you can use to create a new cloud. And backup is only for recovery.
There is also a user profile, notifications and credit card information.
So, one cloud is one installation of MODX Revolution. After a lightning-fast installation, a cloud appears with some properties:
As you can see, there are enough opportunities to organize the pleasant work of your sites now. Clouds can even be transferred to other accounts! .
The server is given access via SSH / SFTP. There is no FTP, I didn’t notice Apache2 either - Nginx 1.2.2 works , probably in conjunction with php5-fpm . In general, I have nothing to please the conservatives, everything looks in the spirit of this note .
The server itself, apparently, is spinning on Debian Squeeze , uname -a produces:
Closed all tightly, there is nothing to see. The root for the user is his directory, there is no access above. Midnight Commander isn't there either - sorry.
In favor of a complete absence, Apache2 says this:
That is, the rewrite rules are for Nginx, no one needs .htaccess. Hello to redirect masters via a web server, not plugins!
Absolutely normal MODX Revolution 2.2.4, no features. Most of all, I was interested in speed, so I installed several packages, the typical design and drove loadimpact.com. It is clear that the site is empty, there is no load and no complex snippets. But this is good - we see that the platform itself does not slow down - and then it is up to the programmer. In the admin panel it’s clear, everything is smart, no brakes.
This is just a first glance. For the second, more attentive, you need to raise a fully working project and drive it there for a month or two, with backups, excavations, load, etc. I think it will be after the cloud is opened in working condition - I have several sites that will immediately move there.
The potential of the platform is huge. I can’t even recall the case that CMS / CMF grew into a hosting platform, and even such a friendly one! Nobody is going to throw Revolution either, because he is the main workhorse of the project.
However, remember that MODX Cloud, in fact, is a fancy shared hosting. Not by resources, but by logic. It does not replace dedicated servers and VPS / VDS - you cannot reboot it, or put your own software on the server (for now, anyway), or fine-tune Nginx.
But to launch business card sites, shops, blogs, personal pages is easy and simple!
I am sure this solution will relieve a headache of a huge number of unexperienced MODX Revolution users who hang around crooked hosting in search of speed and convenience.
It remains only to wait for the announcement of prices.
PS Clever people, tell me how to align images in the center on Habré? Both the table and page align does not help. Still interested in how to remove border from tables?
In the future, this will allow us not to disperse, but to centrally update sites, backup and just enjoy working with clients.
While Cloud is in a state of closed beta, but I managed to take a look - and here is the review (there are a lot of clickable pictures in the post).
Control Panel
The cloud control panel is located at dashboard.modxcloud.com .
The login window reminds us very much of MODX Revolution , and this is not casual. The cloud works exclusively with Revo, Evolution support is not and never will be .
The control panel looks very nice, like the MODX adopted. It is written in ExtJS 4.0.7 , so there is no refusal from the “slow” ExtJS. Everything works smartly and smoothly.
The main menu consists of 3 items:
| Home | Clouds | Vault |
|---|---|---|
 |  |  |
Home is the main section. You get to it after login. It contains a log of recent events, selected clouds and news.
Clouds - a section for managing clouds. In the terminology of this system, cloud is one site. Immediately created test1.bezumkinru.modxcloud.com , about him a little later.
Vault - storage. Very interesting thing. Here are all the snapshots and backups of all your clouds. The difference between the two is that the snapshot takes an image that you can use to create a new cloud. And backup is only for recovery.
There is also a user profile, notifications and credit card information.
 |  |  |
Cloud
So, one cloud is one installation of MODX Revolution. After a lightning-fast installation, a cloud appears with some properties:
- You are given a service, cloud name, such as c0067.paas3.tx.modxcloud.com .
- Normal name, type test1.bezumkinru.modxcloud.com . You can’t assign your names yet - the cloud is still in beta.
- SSH / SFTP access to the server.
- Snapshots and backups. Schedules did not notice.
- Monitoring Also, still in its infancy. The graphs are clearly for beauty - there are no units, no time.
- MODX installation upgrade
As you can see, there are enough opportunities to organize the pleasant work of your sites now. Clouds can even be transferred to other accounts! .
 |  |  |  |
Server
The server is given access via SSH / SFTP. There is no FTP, I didn’t notice Apache2 either - Nginx 1.2.2 works , probably in conjunction with php5-fpm . In general, I have nothing to please the conservatives, everything looks in the spirit of this note .
The server itself, apparently, is spinning on Debian Squeeze , uname -a produces:
/paas/c0067/home $ uname -a
Linux paas3.tx.modxcloud.com 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 6 04:00:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/LinuxClosed all tightly, there is nothing to see. The root for the user is his directory, there is no access above. Midnight Commander isn't there either - sorry.
In favor of a complete absence, Apache2 says this:
/paas/c0067/home $ cat ./nginx_rewrites.conf
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ @modx-rewrite;
}/That is, the rewrite rules are for Nginx, no one needs .htaccess. Hello to redirect masters via a web server, not plugins!
Website
Absolutely normal MODX Revolution 2.2.4, no features. Most of all, I was interested in speed, so I installed several packages, the typical design and drove loadimpact.com. It is clear that the site is empty, there is no load and no complex snippets. But this is good - we see that the platform itself does not slow down - and then it is up to the programmer. In the admin panel it’s clear, everything is smart, no brakes.
Conclusion
This is just a first glance. For the second, more attentive, you need to raise a fully working project and drive it there for a month or two, with backups, excavations, load, etc. I think it will be after the cloud is opened in working condition - I have several sites that will immediately move there.
The potential of the platform is huge. I can’t even recall the case that CMS / CMF grew into a hosting platform, and even such a friendly one! Nobody is going to throw Revolution either, because he is the main workhorse of the project.
However, remember that MODX Cloud, in fact, is a fancy shared hosting. Not by resources, but by logic. It does not replace dedicated servers and VPS / VDS - you cannot reboot it, or put your own software on the server (for now, anyway), or fine-tune Nginx.
But to launch business card sites, shops, blogs, personal pages is easy and simple!
I am sure this solution will relieve a headache of a huge number of unexperienced MODX Revolution users who hang around crooked hosting in search of speed and convenience.
It remains only to wait for the announcement of prices.
PS Clever people, tell me how to align images in the center on Habré? Both the table and page align does not help. Still interested in how to remove border from tables?